TABLE 1 Patient's laboratory test results obtained during hospital evaluation.
From the following article:
COX2-related multicentric mixed-type Castleman's disease in a young man
Jie Liu, Shuang Han, Jie Ding, Kaichun Wu, Jiyan Miao and Daiming Fan
BACK TO ARTICLE| Test | Results |
|---|---|
aLight yellow liquid. CA 125, cancer antigen 125; EBV CA, Epstein–Barr virus capsid antigen; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; PCR, polymerase chain reaction. | |
| Blood test | |
| Hemoglobin | 96 g/l (normal 115–180 g/l) |
| ESR | 1 h: 93 mm (normal 0–15 mm) |
| Liver function test | |
| Alanine aminotransferase | 138 IU/l (normal 0–40 IU/l) |
| Aspartic aminotransferase | 88 IU/l (normal 0–40 IU/l) |
| Albumin | 27.3 g/l (normal 37–55 g/l) |
| Renal function | |
| Urea nitrogen | 14.3 mmol/l (normal 2.8–7.2 mmol/l) |
| Creatinine | 202  mol/l (normal 53–125 mol/l) |
| Urine | |
| Protein | 1 g/l (normal 0–80 mg/l) |
| Red blood cells | 2/l (normal 0–10/l) |
| White blood cells | 3/l (normal 0–10/l) |
| Tumor markers | |
| CA 125 | 63.5 U/l (normal 0–21 U/l) |
| Ascitic fluida | |
| White blood cell (lymphocytes 82%) | 1.3  108/l (transudate <1.0 108/l, exudate >5.0 108/l) |
| Protein | 30 g/l (transudate <25 g/l, exudate >30 g/l) |
| Glucose | 6.1 mmol/l (transudate >3.3 mmol/l, exudate <3.3 mmol/l) |
| Serum immunoglobulin | |
| IgG | 8.26 g/l (normal 8–17 g/l) |
| IgM | 1.1 g/l (normal 0.5–3.2 g/l) |
| IgA | 9.87 g/l (normal 1.0–4.9 g/l) |
| IgE | 81.01 IU/ml (normal 0–100 IU/ml) |
| C-reactive protein | 21.08 mg/l (normal 0–5 mg/l) |
| Pathogens | |
| PCR detection for viruses in serum | No viruses detected |
| Antibody for virus in serum | |
| EBV CA IgG | Positive |
