title: Ascitic fluid cholesterol in differential diagnosis of ascites.
abstract: Cholesterol was estimated in ascitic fluid of 89 patients (29 malignant and 60 non-malignant ascites). Mean ascitic cholesterol level was significantly higher in malignant ascites (89.52 mg/dl) as compared to non-malignant ascites (29.93 mg/dl). At a cut off value of 48 mg/dl, the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value and overall diagnostic accuracy for diagnosing malignant ascites is 96.5%, 96.6%, 93.3%, 98.3% and 96.6% respectively. Ascitic fluid cholesterol estimation is an easy and reliable test for differentiating malignant ascites from non-malignant ascites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sood
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Chawla
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Chawla
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000032:analysis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol