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- Title
A Pseudo Elevation of CEA Caused by Epidemic Hemorrhagic Fever.
- Authors
Hong-Gang Sun; Xiu-Ping Xu; Tao Lu; Ye Yang; Li-Qin He
- Abstract
Background: Heterophilic antibodies (HA) are one of the main substances that interfere with immunology, especially chemiluminescence immunoassay. Non-specific binding, labeling antibodies, bridging to capture antibodies, or labeling antigens can interfere with the detection process, leading to serious discrepancies between the measured results and clinical manifestations, and even delaying clinical diagnosis and treatment. Methods: This paper is a case of epidemic hemorrhagic fever causing pseudo CEA elevation caused by heterophagy induced antibodies in the body. Results: The patient's CEA detected on the ABBOTT detection platform was 51.1 ng/mL, and on the ROCHE detection platforms it was 4.66 ng/mL, and treated by PEG precipitation it was 45.2 ng/mL, after diluting the sample the CEA was 50.2 ng/mL, meanwhile the patient's platelets were 96 x 109/L and serum creatinine was 188.4 µmol/L, epidemic hemorrhagic fever IgM antibody was positive. Conclusions: When the test results do not match clinical symptoms, further confirmation is required through additional testing. Patients who use mouse monoclonal antibody preparations for diagnosis or treatment may have human anti-mouse antibodies in their serum, and the test results may falsely increase or decrease.
- Subjects
HEMORRHAGIC fever; CHEMILUMINESCENCE immunoassay; EPIDEMICS; DELAYED diagnosis; SYMPTOMS; RIFT Valley fever
- Publication
Clinical Laboratory, 2024, Vol 70, Issue 6, p1188
- ISSN
1433-6510
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7754/Clin.Lab.2024.231230