title: [Diagnostic contribution of the determination of CEA, pH, glucose and lactase dehydrogenase in the pleural fluid in patients with mesothelioma].
abstract: The difficulty involved in the diagnosis of primary pleural neoplasms (mesotheliomas) in described. Personal experience with assays of certain chemicals is the pleural fluid is reported with evidence of the value of pH, glucose and CEA as indications of malignity.
mesh_terms: D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005947:Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000032:analysis; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000378:metabolism*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D005947:Glucose
vernacular_title: Contributo diagnostico della determinazione del CEA, del pH, del glucosio e della lattico-deidrogenasi su liquido pleurico in pazienti affetti da mesotelioma.