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7075504

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
21
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-7-22
pubmed:abstractText
Of 30 unselected patients with pleural effusion of unknown cause 17 were subsequently found to have malignant disease of the pleura. In 11 of the 17 patients the concentration of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in the pleural effusion was elevated to 4-60 ng/ml. In all 13 patients with pleural effusion of non-malignant cause the CEA concentration was normal (0-2 ng/ml). While the specificity of CEA antigen was 100% in the diagnosis of malignant pleural disease, its sensitivity was only about 65%. Since low CEA values in pleural effusion thus cannot exclude malignant disease with certainty, histological assessment of the pleural disease should be practised in every case where tumour is suspected, if necessary via thoracoscopy or thoracotomy.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0012-0472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
107
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
818-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
[Diagnostic value of carcinoembryonic antigen in pleural fluid (author's transl)].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract