The utility of pleural amylase measurement in metastatic mucinous adenocarcinoma
| Autor: | J A Kastelik, A Fahim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Lung Neoplasms Pleural effusion Biopsy Context (language use) Malignancy Education Fatal Outcome medicine Biomarkers Tumor Humans Aged medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine respiratory system medicine.disease Adenocarcinoma Mucinous respiratory tract diseases Exudative pleural effusion Amylase Measurement Pleural Effusion Amylases Adenocarcinoma Pancreatitis Female business |
| Zdroj: | The journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 40(2) |
| ISSN: | 1478-2715 |
| Popis: | We describe a case of exudative pleural effusion in a patient with mucinous pulmonary adenocarcinoma. Pleural fluid examination showed markedly raised amylase with normal serum amylase concentration. There was no clinical or radiological evidence of oesophageal rupture or pancreatitis. The case illustrates the importance of considering pulmonary malignancy in the context of amylase-rich pleural effusion. Causes of amylase-rich pleural effusion and the significance of isoenzyme analysis are discussed. |
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