Diagnostic Importance of Ascitic Fluid Cholesterol Level in the Diagnosis of Malignant Ascites

Authors

Mehmet ARSLAN
Halis ŞİMŞEK
Murat GÜRSOY
Abdurrahman KADAYIFÇI
Hasan TELATAR

DOI

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Abstract

In order to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of cholesterol level in ascites, we studied 27 patients with non-complicated sterile ascites (group l), 12 patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (group ll), and 17 patients with malignant ascites (group lll). The median cholesterol level in ascitic fluid was 0.44 mmol/L (lQR 0.62) in group l, 0.25 mmol/L (lQR 0.95) in group ll, and 2.61 mmol/L (lQR 2.66) in group lll. The ascitic fluid cholesterol level was significantly higher in malignant ascites than sterile benign ascites and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) (P

Keywords

ascites, cancer, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, cholesterol

First Page

589

Last Page

591

Recommended Citation

ARSLAN, Mehmet; ŞİMŞEK, Halis; GÜRSOY, Murat; KADAYIFÇI, Abdurrahman; and TELATAR, Hasan (1996) "Diagnostic Importance of Ascitic Fluid Cholesterol Level in the Diagnosis of Malignant Ascites," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 26: No. 6, Article 13. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol26/iss6/13