title: [The specific features of pleural effusions in hemoblastosis].
abstract: Pleural fluid (PF) was studied in 18 patients with lymph proliferative diseases and in 12 patients with tumor pleurisy (ovarian cancer metastases, undifferentiated squamous-cell carcinoma of the main bronchus). Along with the conventional tests adopted for the laboratory diagnosis of PF, the levels of acute-phase proteins (C-reactive protein (CRP), immunoglobulins, ceruloplasmin, and albumin) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) were measured. The conducted analysis revealed no specific signs for exudative fluid in hemoblastoses or pleural cancer, except for an increase in the CRP/TNF-alpha ratio.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Bazarnyĭ
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Belaia
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008232:Lymphoproliferative Disorders / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000378:metabolism*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D002097:C-Reactive Protein