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Symptoms & History
Physical Findings
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Lab and X-Ray
Differential Diagnosis
The Disease
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Quiz & Evaluation
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Some of the benign conditions associated with elevated CEAs.
- Pulmonary Emphysema 20-50%
- Active Ulcerative Colitis
10-25%
- Alcoholic Cirrhosis 25-70%
- Cholecystitis 6-20%
- Rectal Polyps 4-20%
- Benign Breast Disease
4-15%
But these conditions will not
give values as high as colon cancer.
What about Mr. Herbert's
value?
- 36 ng/ml, he's
a nonsmoker, so it should be < 2.5 ng/ml.
What does it mean and
where from here
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