CLINICAL EVALUATION OF SACE MEASUREMENT IN SARCOIDOSIS
- VernacularTitle:结节病血清血管紧张素Ⅰ转换酶测定临床意义的探讨
- Author:
Qingdi LI
;
Fumin WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Sarcoidosis Diagnoses SACE
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
1983;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The results of the determination of SACE activity in recent four years were reported. It was found that the levels were 33.5?5.1, 41.6?8.6, 33.4?8.6, 37.2?4.5, 53.6?7.3 and 31.4?13.0 in the healthy persons (37 cases), silicosis (40 cases), lung cancer (30 cases), pulmonary tuberculosis (18 cases), active sarcoidosis (4 cases) and inactive sarcoidosis (3 cases), respectively. The clinical value of the SACE measurement in sarcoidosis was discussed. The results showed that the SACE measurement is helpful to the diagnosis and monitoring of sarcoidosis, because the SACE activity was significantly elevated in most cases of active sarcoidosis, decreased during the stage of remission and elevated again during exacerbation. However, sarcoidosis can not be ruled out even though a normal SACE activity is measured. In addition, the SACE activity can also be elevated in the other pulmonary or systemic diseases, but the differentiation of these diseases from sarcoidosis is not difficult clinically. The SACE measurement can not be taken as a predictor of the prognosis of sarcoidosis.
