Determination of pH, Fibronectin, Cholesterol,Lactate Dehydrogenase and Sialic Acid in theDifferentiation of Nonmalignant andMalignant Ascites

Authors

Hülya AKSOY
Ahmet KIZILTUNÇ
Yilmaz AKSOY
Naciye KURTUL
Ebubekir BAKAN

DOI

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Abstract

Ascites, being an accumulation of excess fluid within the peritoneal cavity, is most frequently encountered in patients with cirrhosis or certain other diseases such as congestive cardiac failure, peritoneal tuberculosis and some primary or secondary peritoneal tumours. This study included 17 patients (5 females, 12 males) with malignant ascites (MA) and 23 patients (13 females, 10 males) with nonmalignant ascites (NMA). We aimed to determinet the values for total sialic acid (SA), pH, cholesterol, fibronectin, total protein concentrations and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity in ascitic fluid for the differential diagnosis of ascites. While total SA, fibronectin, cholesterol, LDH and total protein values in MA cases were found to be higher (p

Keywords

Sialic acid, Ascitic fluid, cholesterol, fibronectin, pH.

First Page

549

Last Page

554

Recommended Citation

AKSOY, Hülya; KIZILTUNÇ, Ahmet; AKSOY, Yilmaz; KURTUL, Naciye; and BAKAN, Ebubekir (1998) "Determination of pH, Fibronectin, Cholesterol,Lactate Dehydrogenase and Sialic Acid in theDifferentiation of Nonmalignant andMalignant Ascites," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 28: No. 5, Article 16. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol28/iss5/16