Myxedema ascites with elevated serum CA 125 concentration

Duarte, D. R.; Chang, C. V.; Minicucci, Marcos Ferreira; Zornoff, Leonardo Antonio Mamede; Inoue, RMT; Matsui, M.; Okoshi, Marina Politi; Gaiolla, Paula Schmidt Azevedo; Matsubara, Luiz Shiguero; Paiva, SAR

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Title:

Myxedema ascites with elevated serum CA 125 concentration

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Institution:

Fac Med Botucatu
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

ISSN:

0002-9629

Abstract:

We report a case of myxedema ascites and markedly elevated serum CA 125 concentration. The cause of ascites and elevated tumor markers in hypothyroidism remains unknown. Diagnosis was characterized by no evidence of malignancy seen by transvaginal ultrasonography or abdominal computed tomography and ascites resolution with serum CA 125 normalization after adequate hormonal treatment. Our data suggest that hypothyroidism should be considered in patients with ascites and elevated serum CA 125.

Issue Date:

1-Feb-2006

Citation:

American Journal of the Medical Sciences. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, v. 331, n. 2, p. 103-104, 2006.

Time Duration:

103-104

Publisher:

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Keywords:

hypothyroidism
SAAG
tumor markers

Source:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00000441-200602000-00020

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Acesso restrito

Type:

outro

Source:

http://repositorio.unesp.br/handle/11449/33978

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