Giant splenic epithelial cyst with elevated serum markers CEA and CA 19-9 levels: An incidental association?

Anticancer Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1 B, 2003, Pages 773-776

  Madia, Carmelo ^a   Lumachi, Franco ^a   Veroux, Massimiliano ^a   Fiamingo, Pietro ^a   Gringeri, Enrico ^a   Brolese, Alberto ^a   Zanus, Giacomo ^a   Cillo, Umberto ^a   D'Amico, Davide F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CA 19 9; CEA; Splenic cyst; Tumor marker

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MESOTHELIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROLOGY; SPLEEN CYST; SPLENECTOMY; SQUAMOUS CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; CA-19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 0037235865     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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