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The preoperative serum CA 19-9 level was increased (2 900 IU/mL). | |||||||||||||||
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The common embryogenic origin of both respiratory and digestive apparatus can explain the increased levels of tumor markers such as CA 19-9 and carcinoembryonic antigen in bronchogenic cyst, intestinal duplication and pulmonary sequestration. | |||||||||||||||
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This is the first case reported in the literature of a true benign splenic cyst producing high levels of CEA and CA 19-9 in serum and cystic fluid. | |||||||||||||||
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Laparoscopic resection of a benign true cyst of the spleen with the harmonic scalpel producing high levels of CA 19-9 and carcinoembryonic antigen. | |||||||||||||||
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Analyses of preoperative and one to seven day postoperative determinations of CA 19-9, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and CA 125 levels in 873 patients indicate that postoperative CA 19-9 and CEA serum levels were within the expected technical variance of the preoperative assay values in patients who were considered to have negative findings (below the reference value) from these tests preoperatively. | |||||||||||||||
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Also 50-65% of patients with small resectable carcinomas have elevated CA 19-9 and CA 50 levels, although very high serum concentrations usually indicate advanced disease. | |||||||||||||||
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Serum CA 19-9 was elevated to 108 U/ml with normal carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels. | |||||||||||||||
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Slightly elevated serum CA 19-9 and CA 50 levels are seen in some patients with benign pancreatic diseases, more often in acute than in chronic pancreatitis. | |||||||||||||||
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