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- Title
Carcinoembryonic Antigens in the Pericardial Fluid of Patients with Malignant Pericarditis.
- Authors
Tatsuta, Masaharu; Yamamura, Hisako; Yamamoto, Reiko; Ichii, Makoto; Iishi, Hiroyasu; Noguchi, Sanai
- Abstract
The diagnostic accuracy of measurement of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and of analysis of the cytological characteristics of pericardial fluid was assessed in 10 patients with benign pericarditis and 7 patients with malignant pericarditis. The mean CEA levels of pericardial fluid specimens from patients with malignant pericarditis were significantly higher than those from patients with benign pericarditis. However, a high CEA level was not seen in a specimen of pericardial fluid which contained nonepithelial tumor cells. Positive cytological findings were obtained in specimens of pericardial fluid from 85.7% of the patients with malignant pericarditis. Correct diagnosis of malignancy was made by CEA assay alone or by cytological examination alone in 85.7% of the patients examined, while a combination of these methods raised the diagnostic rate to 100%. Copyright © 1984 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Publication
Oncology, 1984, Vol 41, Issue 5, p328
- ISSN
0030-2414
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000225848