I Had Pancreatic Cancer 3 Years Ago. I Just Had

Posted on Fri, 1 May 2020

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Question : I had pancreatic cancer 3 years ago. I just had a bout with cDiff. I had aLung Ct scan, abdominal ct scan, MRI abdominal, ultra sound of the abdominal. No recurrence, but my ca 19 antigen was 245. Could the infection cause elevation of the CA antigen.

Answered by Dr. Ramesh Kumar (3 hours later)

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Any infection in body would result in Inflammation and could give false CA antigen result.
Yes, very likely your CA antigen is raised due to clostridium difficle associated colitis.

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