title: [Bronchoalveolar lavage. The humoral parameter spectrum in bronchial carcinoma and chronic bronchitis].
abstract: The concentrations of tissue-polypeptide antigen (TPA), ferritin, alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (alpha 1-aGP), transthyretin (TBPA), alpha 1-antitrypsin (alpha 1-Pi), alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2-MG), C-reactive protein and IgA were determined in broncho-alveolar lavage fluid of 13 patients with chronic bronchitis and 11 with bronchial carcinoma and accompanying bronchitis. Measurement of TPA, alpha 1-Pi, ferritin and transthyretin provides useful additional information in the diagnosis of bronchial carcinoma. The ratios of TPA/TBPA, alpha 1-Pi/TBPA and alpha 1-aGP/TBPA differentiate highly sensitively between bronchial carcinoma and chronic bronchitis.
mesh_terms: D000917:Antibody Formation; D001980:Bronchi / Q000276:immunology*; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000276:immunology*; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000379:methods; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation
vernacular_title: Bronchoalveoläre Lavage. Spektrum humoraler Parameter bei Bronchialkarzinom und chronischer Bronchitis.