A Case Report and a Short Literature Review of Pulmonary Sequestration Showing Elevated Serum Levels of Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9

J Nippon Med Sch. 2015;82(4):211-5. doi: 10.1272/jnms.82.211.

Abstract

Pulmonary sequestration is a type of bronchopulmonary malformation defined as an isolated portion of lung tissue with systemic arterial supply and no bronchial communication. Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) has been used for diagnosis and follow-up of gastrointestinal tumors. The current study presents a rare case of intralobar pulmonary sequestration associated with the marked elevation of CA19-9. A 39-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital due to acute liver injury with marked elevation of serum CA19-9 (3,051.1 μmol/mL), and was then diagnosed with intralobar pulmonary sequestration after examination and surgery. After the pulmonary resection, the serum CA19-9 levels decreased to normal ranges. We briefly reviewed the literature on elevated serum CA19-9 levels and pulmonary sequestration since 1988. We found that serum CA19-9 levels are increased not only in patients with digestive tract cancers but also in those with nonmalignant diseases such as pulmonary sequestration.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / blood*
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / diagnostic imaging
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / pathology
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / surgery
  • CA-19-9 Antigen / blood*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • CA-19-9 Antigen