Serum Cancer Antigen 125 in Ectopic Pregnancy

Serum cancer antigen 125 in patients with pleural effusions.

We studied the prevalence of raised serum CA125 in patients with pleural effusions and explored factors affecting its level. Sixty four patients with benign effusions and 36 patients with malignant effusions admitted to the University Malaya Medical Centre from May 2001 to January 2002 were included in the study. There were no significant differences in age, gender and ethnicity of the patients...

Discriminatory Serum hCG Level for Ectopic Pregnancy

A 38-year-old patient was admitted for suspected ectopic pregnancy after in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment for male factor infertility. Three embryos were transferred 16 days prior to her admission. Serum beta-hCG measurement 4 days before her admission was 3200 mIU/mL and repeat testing 2 days later demonstrated a betahCG level of 2980 mIU/mL. She was hemodynamically stable, with very mil...

Cancer antigen 125 in serum and ascitic fluid of patients with liver diseases.

Serum concentrations of cancer antigen 125 (CA 125) were determined for 373 patients with various liver diseases: 57 with acute hepatitis, 57 with chronic hepatitis, 244 with liver cirrhosis (86 compensated and 158 decompensated), and 15 with primary liver cancer. The antigen was measured simultaneously in the serum and ascitic fluid of 46 of the patients with liver cirrhosis and sequentially i...

Assessment of The Diagnostic Capability of Serum Creatine Phosphokinase and Its Isoenzyme in Ectopic Pregnancy

Serum CA 125 and ovarian cancer

of death from gynaecological cancer among women in Western countries. Epithelial ovarian cancer is responsible for 85-90% of all primary ovarian tumours. Because of the asymptomatic nature of the disease, ovarian cancer is usually not detected in the early stages and therefore many women present with advanced disease and systemic metastases. Approximately 70-80% of patients present with late st...