title: [Alpha fetoprotein levels in the serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in patients with lung cancer and other diseases of the respiratory system].
abstract: Concentration of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) may be increased in some type of lung cancer. In the study concentration of AFP was evaluated in serum and broncho-alveolar lavage fluid (BALF) in patients with lung cancer. The values of concentration were compared with results obtained from patients with other diseases of the respiratory tract. Examinations were performed in 14 patients with lung cancer, 12 with sarcoidosis, 23 with chronic obstructive bronchitis and 16 with acute bronchitis. Liver pathology was excluded according to biochemical analytical tests. In all patients bronchofibroscopy was performed and BALF was obtained in routine way. Concentration of AFP in serum and BALF was determined by immuno-assay technique. In performed examinations non significant increase of AFP concentration was determined in serum and BALF of patients with lung cancer. However, obtained values were increased twice than in patients with acute bronchitis. Moreover, it was noticed that in patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis the AFP concentration was the highest, especially in the group treated by steroids. The study indicates that evaluation of AFP concentration is out of value in diagnosis and differentiation of lung cancer. It seems to be necessary to continue the examinations for explanation a role of steroids in inflammatory process and increase of AFP concentration.
authors.affiliation: II Kliniki Chorób Wewnetrznych Instytutu Medycyny Wewnetrznej Centralngo Szpitala Klinicznego Wojskowej Akademii Medycznej, Warszawie.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Płusa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bejm
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Józefczak
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Piechota
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mamełka
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000097:blood; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000097:blood*; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000097:blood*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000097:blood; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000097:blood; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000097:blood*; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins
vernacular_title: Stezenie alfa-fetoproteiny w surowicy i materiale z płukania oskrzelowo-pecherzykowego chorych na raka płuca i inne choroby układu oddechowego.