[Diagnostic significance of ferritin assay in peritoneal fluid and gastric juice]
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Iu V Krylov1, S V Malashenko, M N Medvedev
1State Medical University, Vitebsk.
Abstract:
Ferritin was assayed by immunoradiometrical procedure in peritoneal fluid (26 patients with various ovarian pathologies) and gastric juice (18 patients with stomach cancer and 28 cases of gastric ulcer disease). It was found that diagnostic significance of ferritin measurements in peritoneal fluid in ovarian pathology is compromised by inflammation. Therefore, this marker cannot be used to differentiate between malignant and benign ovarian tumor. Single measurements of ferritin for detecting stomach ulcers were also diagnostically irrelevant since the data for stomach cancer and gastric ulcer exacerbation showed no significant difference.
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