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Table 2 Tumor markers for cases of ovarian lesion

From: Diagnostic approach to adnexal lesions in young females in their second and third decades

Tumor markers measured

Abnormal (n = 28)

Associated pathology

AFP

9

Malignant germ cell tumors. Immature teratoma

β-HCG

8

Dysgerminoma, ectopic pregnancy, and embryonal carcinoma. Immature teratoma

LDH

5

Dysgerminoma

CA-125

6

Borderline/malignant Epithelial tumors, JGCT

Inhibin

1

Granulosa cell tumor