Differential Diagnosis of Pleural Effusions*
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Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), orosomucoid beta2 microglobulin, and alpha fetoprotein were quantified in the pleural fluid and serum of 58 hospitalized consecutive patients in order to differentiate malignant from nonmalignant effusions. Cytologic examination of the effusions was also performed. The orosomucoid assay was the most helpful in identifying malignant effusions; higher values (>100 mg/100 ml) were found in 74 percent (26/35) of malignant effusions. Quantitation of carcinoembryonic antigen had a high specificity (95 percent) but a low sensitivity (36 percent) for the detection of malignant pleural effusions. The parallel quantitation of CEA
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