Extra-ordinary High CA-125 and CA19-9 Serum Levels in an Ovarian Endometrioma: Case Report

Abstract

Endometriosis is an estrogen dependent disease. Levels of Cancer antigen-125 are significantly higher in women with moderate to severe endometriosis. However, patients with unruptured endometriosis rarely have serum CA-125 levels more than 1000 U/mL. This case report presents a diffuse, unruptured ovarian endometrioma in a 29- year-old woman, leading to an extraordinary high serum CA-125 and CA19-9 levels; usually typical of advanced ovarian carcinoma. Our experience emphasizes on benign gynecologic conditions such as endometrioma, which should be taken into account as a possible differential diagnosis in women with exaggerated elevation of the serum CA-125 level.

Keywords

• Endometriosis
• Tumor markers
• Ovarian cyst
• Endometrioma
• CA-125
• CA19-9