National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Ascitis, abdominal mass, anemia with or without viceromegaly almost always sounds malignant until proved otherwise in any middle aged person. It holds true more in a female who has high levels of CA125. 14 patients of biopsy proven abdominal tuberculosis were included in this study. In addition to routine work up for tuberculosis, the serum levels of CA125 were sent before and after completion of antitubercular treatment. Pre treatment levels CA125 were in the range of 24 to 980 units with the mean of 416.4 units. The post treatment levels of 9 patients were done. They ranged from 38 to 183 units with the mean of 103.8 units. The present case study indicated that CA125 being a tumor marker for abdominal neoplasms may be elevated also in abdominal tuberculosis without gender bias. It is worth mentioning that the elevated levels of CA125 reduces significantly after treatment of tuberculosis sounding resolution of infection. It may be worthwhile to find the levels of CA125 in ascetic fluid and pleural fluid in suspected cases of tuberculosis.
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