Pelvic-Peritoneal Tuberculosis with Elevated Serum and Peritoneal Fluid Ca-125 Levels

T Gürgan, Timur Gürgan, H Zeyneloğlu, Hulusi Bülent Zeyneloğlu, Bülent Urman, B Urman, O Develioğlu, Osman Develíoğlu, H Yarali, Hakan Yaralı́
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation · 2010 · vol. 35(1) , pp. 60–61 · doi:10.1159/000292665 · PMID:8449437 · W2262485613
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This report describes two women with pelvic-peritoneal tuberculosis who presented with elevated Ca-125 levels, which normalized after antituberculous treatment.

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We report 2 patients with pelvic-peritoneal tuberculosis and elevated serum and peritoneal fluid levels of Ca-125. The first was a young and infertile women who had cul-de-sac nodularity and dysmenorrhea. The other was postmenopausal and presented with weight loss and ascites. While a preoperative diagnosis of endometriosis was made in the former, intraperitoneal malignancy was considered in the latter. The diagnosis of pelvic-peritoneal tuberculosis was reached by laparoscopic-directed biopsy in both patients. Serum levels of Ca-125 returned to normal limits following antituberculous drug treatment.

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endometriosisdysmenorrhea

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Adnexal Diseases Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate Peritonitis, Tuberculous Tuberculosis, Female Genital Uterine Diseases Adnexal Diseases Adnexal Diseases Adnexal Diseases Adult Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate Ascitic Fluid Ascitic Fluid Diagnosis, Differential Ethambutol Ethambutol Female Humans Infertility, Female Infertility, Female Isoniazid

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