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PMID 10755799
Gene Name MUC16
Condition Endometriosis
Association Associated
Sex Female
Associated genes CA125
Other associated phenotypes Endometriosis
Extremely elevated serum CA125 due to endometriosis.

Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 1999 May;39(2):269-70.

Kashyap, R J

The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria.

Endometriosis can mimic cancer in a pre-menopausal woman (1). In this case an ultrasound showed a complex ovarian cyst with a low resistance blood flow and the serum CA 125 level was 6,114 iu/mL (normal <35), more than twice the highest level previously reported due to benign disease.

Mesh Terms: Adult| CA-125 Antigen/*blood| Endometriosis/*blood/physiopathology| Female| Humans| Ovarian Cysts/*blood/physiopathology| Rupture, Spontaneous| Vascular Resistance|DA 2001/02/07 11:01