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Elevated carbohydrate antigen 19-9 in patients with true (epithelial) splenic cysts - Rare or Undiscovered?
M Soudack | A Ben-Nun | C Toledano
Carbohydrate
antigen 19-9 is a well known marker for pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
However, its limitation is its nonspecificity, because
elevated levels may be encountered in other gastrointestinal
disorders, both benign and malignant. The following
case is a patient with a true (epithelial) splenic cyst
with elevated serum levels of carbohydrate antigen 19-9.
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