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American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 2020 OBJECTIVES High-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) is the most common ovarian malignancy. The role of cytopathology in obtaining tissue diagnosis before institution of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) was evaluated.
Akriti Bansal +10 more
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The Usefulness of Ascitic Fluid Lactoferrin Level in Diagnosis of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Cirrhotic Patients [PDF]
Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic DiseasesBackground and study aim: A manual count of polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs) in ascitic fluid is the basis for diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP).
Ibrahim Ibrahim +4 more
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Characteristics of ascitic fluid in cardiac ascites
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2007 Cardiac ascites remains a rare entity with unique clinical and pathogenetic features that are not adequately recognized by clinicians. The purpose of this study was to contribute towards elucidating the nature of cardiac ascites.We describe a series of 26 ascitic fluid samples from eight patients with cardiac ascites that were referred and further ...
Christou, L. +4 more
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Value of Ascitic Lipids in the Differentiation between Cirrhotic and Malignant Ascites [PDF]
, 1986 Ascitic fluid concentrations of cholesterol, triglycerides and phospholipids, were compared with ascitic fluid total protein in 40 patients with chronic liver disease, 51patients with various neoplasms and 1 patient with cardiac failure.
Martin, Robert +3 more
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Comparison of Ascitic Fluid Cholesterol and Fibronectin with Conventional Ascitic Protein Values in Differentiating Malignant Ascites from Non malignant Ascites: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Introduction: It is a known clinical problem to differentiate between malignant and non malignant ascites because there is no single routine biochemical laboratory test that can completely distinguish between them.
Thakura Soren +4 more
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D-dimers and ferritin: Expanding the diagnostic panel for cirrhotic ascites evaluation
Romanian Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2023 Objective: This study aimed to explore the diagnostic role of D-dimers and ferritin in ascitic fluid. We analyzed ascitic and blood samples from twenty cirrhotic patients, using the Child-Pugh classification to assess liver cirrhosis severity.
Trifonov Petar +4 more
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Pathophysiology of elevated ascites fluid cholesterol in malignant ascites [PDF]
, 1992 The existence of marked elevations of ascitic fluid cholesterol has been observed in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis compared to patients with cirrhosis and has been found useful in differential diagnosis.
Jüngst, Dieter +2 more
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Ascitic non-HDL-C/HDL-C ratio:a novel prognostic marker in liver cirrhosis [PDF]
Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2020 Background and study aim: Laboratory tests were developed on ascitic fluid for assessing causes, mechanisms, and prognosis of the diseases. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of ascitic lipids in cirrhosis with special consideration to the
Marwa Esawy +3 more
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Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Diagnostic and prognostic ability of urinary NGAL in patients with cirrhosis and AKI. Abstract Background and Aims Acute kidney injury (AKI) commonly occurs in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. Urinary neutrophil gelatinase–associated lipocalin (uNGAL) could help discriminate between different etiologies of AKI.
Carmine Gambino +14 more
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Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2011 Background Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a serious complication in infants and children with chronic liver disease (CLD); however its diagnosis might be difficult.
Abdel-Latif Zainab +8 more
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