| Autor: |
A, Archimandritis, D, Kapsalas, M, Douvara, M, Tjivras, M, Tsirantonaki, A, Fertakis |
| Rok vydání: |
1996 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Annales de medecine interne. 147(3) |
| ISSN: |
0003-410X |
| Popis: |
In this prospective study, we tried to evaluate various "humoral tests of malignancy" regarding their efficiency of discriminating between malignancy-related and non-malignant ascites. Fibronectin, total protein, number of cells, LDH, pH, specific gravity and cytology were compared in the ascitic fluid of 51 patients with malignancy-related and 52 patients with non-malignant ascites; patients with tuberculous peritonitis were not included. Ascitic fluid cholesterol was determined in 36 of 51 malignancy-related and in 37 of 52 non-malignant ascites. Cytology and fibronectin were found 100% specific with diagnostic efficiency 87.5% and 94.2% respectively under optimal conditions. Cholesterol was neither sensitive nor specific. It is concluded that fibronectin was a valuable test for malignancy-associated ascites. |
| Databáze: |
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