Vertebral tuberculosis presenting with elevated CA-125 and weight loss mimicking ovarian malignancy; case report

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 561-562

  Kilic, G ^a,b   Blankstein, J ^a   Kadanoff, R ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Mount Sinai Medical Center of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

CA 125; Ovary; Tuberculosis, Bone

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CODEINE; ETHAMBUTOL; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; IBUPROFEN; ISONIAZID; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CONSULTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MENORRHAGIA; METRORRHAGIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; OVARY CANCER; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUS; TOMOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0344013034     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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