[The evaluation of carcinoembryonic antigen determination in the pericardial fluid in the diagnosis of the cause of pericarditis].
Pericardial fluid CEA level was measured with radioimmunoassay in 19 patients with large pericardial effusion of unknown origin. In 11 patients malignancy was diagnosed. In all of these patients pericardial fluid CEA levels were above 7 ng/ml (mean value 52.6 +/- 42.6 ng/ml). In 8 patients the etiology of pericarditis was non-malignant. In all of them pericardial fluid CEA levels were below 7 ng/ml (mean value 2.2 +/- 1.6 ng/ml). In 9 patients with malignant pericarditis serum CEA levels were also determined: they were found to be lower than pericardial fluid CEA values in 6 patients. It was concluded that pericardial fluid CEA elevation is a reliable criteria of neoplastic pericardial involvement.
Kliniki Chorób Wewnetrznych.
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M
Szturmowicz
W
W
Tomkowski
J
J
Burakowski
A
A
Fijałkowska
E
E
Rogińska
A
A
Sakowicz
S
S
Filipecki
D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen
Ocena przydatności oznaczania antygenu rakowopłodowego w płynie osierdziowym w rozpoznawaniu przyczyn zapalenia osierdzia.