Colchicine may cause elevated serum levels of CA72-4: Case series

Authors

  • Seckin Ozgul Kahramanmaraş Necip Fazıl City Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye
  • Azar Abiyev Private Koru Ankara Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara, Türkiye
  • Tarkan Karakan Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara, Türkiye

Keywords:

Colchicine, CA72-4, Tumour markers

Abstract

Colchicine is used in the treatment of Behçet's disease, familial Mediterranean fever, gout arthritis, pericarditis, some inflammatory and fibrotic diseases by extracting it as an alkaloid from the plant named Autumn Crocus, which is from the lily family. CA 72-4, which has a glycoprotein structure, is especially useful in the diagnosis and follow-up of gastrointestinal adenocarcinomas as well as its serum level can be increased in pancreatic, ovarian, endometrial, and breast cancers. No drugs that cause CA 72-4 rise have been reported to date. In this article, four patients who were referred to our clinic because of CA 72-4 serum elevation and who used colchicine for various reasons are presented.

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Published

2023-11-27

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Case Reports

How to Cite

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Colchicine may cause elevated serum levels of CA72-4: Case series. Ann Med Res [Internet]. 2023 Nov. 27 [cited 2025 Feb. 23];30(11):1469-71. Available from: http://annalsmedres.org/index.php/aomr/article/view/4583