Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
1998
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
DOI of Original Publication
10.1155/S1064744998000362
Date of Submission
August 2014
Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the utility of serum CA125 determinations in diagnosing acute salpingitis.
Methods: CA125 levels were determined for 34 women with the clinical diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Acute salpingitis was confirmed laparoscopically in 28 women (82.3%).
Results: Twenty patients (71.4%) with laparoscopically confirmed acute salpingitis had CA125 levels greater than 7.5 units, compared with no patients (0/6) with laparoscopically normal tubes (P = 0.002). The degree of elevation of CA125 levels correlated with the severity of tubal inflammation noted at laparoscopy. All patients with levels above 16 units had laparoscopically severe salpingitis.
Conclusions: We conclude that while CA125 levels above 7.5 units may modestly improve the ability of the clinical diagnosis of PID to accurately reflect visually confirmed acute salpingitis, limitations of the test make its clinical utility questionable.
Rights
Copyright © 1998 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Is Part Of
VCU Obstetrics and Gynecology Publications
Comments
Originally published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1064744998000362