[Lipid-bound sialic acids in the blood of patients with brain diseases]

The results of studies of the blood levels of lipid-bound sialic acids (LBSA) in patients with various brain tumors, subarachnoidal hemorrhage (SAH) caused arterial aneurysmal rupture and in those with brain injury (BI) are analyzed. Significant differences were found in blood LBSA levels in patients with hemispheric tumors and in those with chiasmal sellar ones. The findings suggest that blood LBSA levels cannot be a marker for brain tumors as the blood of patients with benign chiasmal sellar tumors shows high LBSA levels reaching those in patients with malignant hemispheric tumors. The blood levels of LBSA in patients SAH and BI were much higher than those in controls. The blood levels of LBSA are very equal in SAH and BI.