Ascitic and pleural fluid proteins

Evaluation of pleural and ascitic fluid analysis on the Sysmex XE-5000 hematology analyzer

Introduction: Body fluid (BF) analysis is critical to the diagnosis and monitoring of several pathological conditions. The limitations of manual cell counts have led to greater interest in the development of automated BF analysis. Objective: To evaluate the analytical performance of the Sysmex XE-5000 hematology analyzer in the analysis of pleural and ascitic fluids in the laboratory routine of...

Role of cancer antigen-125 from pleural & ascitic fluid samples in non malignant conditions.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE CA-125, an ovarian tumor marker is known to increase in non malignant conditions such as tubercular and non tubercular pleuritis and ascites. We undertook this study to evaluate non-specific rise in CA-125 levels in conditions associated with pleural effusion and ascites and also to understand the mechanism of its secretion. METHODS CA-125 levels in 38 pleural and 46 as...

The Circulation of Ascitic Fluid

After plasma containing labeled plasma protein has been given intraperitoneally to dogs with experimental ascites a steady and rather rapid movement takes place of the labeled protein into the circulating blood. When plasma containing labeled plasma protein has been injected intravenously into the ascitic dog the labeled protein steadily disappears from the circulating blood and appears promptl...

Chicken Immunoglobulins in Serum and Ascitic Fluid

Apoptotic neutrophils in ascitic fluid.

A 60-year-old man with known hepatitis C, cirrhosis, and mild hepatosplenomegaly was admitted for ascites. He had pancytopenia with leukocyte count 2.6 3 10/L, mild neutropenia 1.6 3 10/L, macrocytic anemia, and mild thrombocytopenia. Elevated international normalized ratio, low albumin, high bilirubin, and elevated liver enzymes were noted. Therapeutic paracentesis was performed, and ascitic f...