A Case of Bronchiectasis with High Serum CA19-9 / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
;
: 383-386, 2008.
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in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-97151
ABSTRACT
An elevated serum CA19-9 level is an indication of pancreatic and biliary tract cancer. However, it has recently become known that nonmalignant gastrointestinal diseases and a variety of nonmalignant respiratory diseases, such as idiopathic interstial pneumonia, collagen vascular disease associated lung diseases, diffuse panbronchiolitis and bronchiectasis, can also show an elevated serum CA19-9 level. We recently encountered a case of bronchiectasis with persistently elevated serum CA19-9, but without any evidence of malignant disease in endoscopic retrograde pancreatocholangiography, abdominal computed tomography, and positron emission tomography. After serial follow-up of 3 years and 10 months, there was still no evidence of cancer. It is believed that the elevated serum CA19-9 level was due to bronchiectasis. An elevated serum CA19-9 level should be interpreted carefully with the patients' clinical condition.
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Main subject:
Pneumonia
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Vascular Diseases
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Biliary Tract Neoplasms
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Bronchiectasis
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Bronchiolitis
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Follow-Up Studies
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Collagen
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Positron-Emission Tomography
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Gastrointestinal Diseases
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Haemophilus Infections
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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