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Ascitic Fluid* ; Ferritins*

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Ascitic Fluid ; T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory

No abstract available.
Ascitic Fluid* ; Endometriosis* ; Female ; Humans ; Interleukins*

Ascitic Fluid ; Consensus ; Humans ; Pleural Effusion

BACKGROUND: Assessment of body fluid cytology is a useful means of evaluating a metastatic tumor. Liquid-based cytology (LBC) has been developed as a replacement for the conventional Papanicolaou (CP) test. This study was performed to compare CellprepPlus(R) LBC with CP in cytologic diagnosis. METHODS: Body fluid samples (n=188, including 72 peritoneal fluid and 116 pleural fluid samples) were divided equally and analyzed by both CellprepPlus(R) and CP. RESULTS: CellprepPlus(R) revealed distributed thin layers of non-overlapping cells. All CellprepPlus(R) preparations were adequate, while 18 (9.57%) CP preparations were inadequate. The respective diagnostic rates of CellprepPlus(R) and CP were 75.0% and 76.1% negative, 10.6% and 6.38% atypical, 5.85% and 2.66% suspicious, and 8.51% and 5.32% malignant. Of the 58 confirmed cases, the sensitivity of CellprepPlus(R) and CP was 94.4% and 73.3%, respectively, and the negative predictive value was 97.2% and 87.9%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: CellprepPlus(R) LBC has better sensitivity and negative predictive value, and produces higher quality slide preparations than than CP, making it suitable as in screening of body fluid as a cytologic diagnostic tool.
Ascitic Fluid ; Body Fluids ; Mass Screening ; Neoplasm Metastasis

Meigs' sydrome is a relatively uncommon and the unusual condition of ascites and fluid in the chest associated with benign and solid tumors of the ovary with the gross appearance of a fibroma. The mechanism of this syndrome is not completely understood, but various lymphatics through the diaphragm seem the likely route for ascitic fluid into the chest. We present a case of Meigs' syndrome associated with fibrothecoma and elevate CA 125 with the brief review of literature.
Ascites ; Ascitic Fluid ; Diaphragm ; Female ; Fibroma ; Meigs Syndrome ; Ovary ; Thorax

Adult ; Ascites ; etiology ; Ascitic Fluid ; Female ; Humans ; Liver Cirrhosis ; complications

We evaluated the availability of toluidine blue stain in body fluids, such as peritoneal and pleural fluid and urine. Nine hundreds specimens, i.e., 400 pleural and 400 peritoneal fluids and 100 urine samples, respectively, from Jan. 1995 to May 1996 were included. We obtained the result of high sensitivity and high specificity in toluidine blue stained body fluid in comparison with Papanicolaou stained result. Additionally, we found the diagnostically important crystals in chylothorax and some urine samples, which can not be seen in routine Papanicolaou stain. We thought the toluidine blue stain in body fluid is one of very useful diagnostic methods.
Ascitic Fluid ; Body Fluids ; Chylothorax ; Proteinuria* ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Tolonium Chloride

Ovarian primary malignant melanoma is very uncommon with only 44 reported cases in the literature. A 71-year-old woman with an ovarian mass and multiple nodules in the liver presented to our hospital. She was treated with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and malignant melanoma was found in the mature cystic teratoma of the ovary. Malignant melanoma cells were also found in the ascitic fluid. She died 5 months later. Here we report a very uncommon case of malignant melanoma arising in an ovarian mature cystic teratoma with a review of the literature.
Aged ; Ascitic Fluid ; Female ; Humans ; Liver ; Melanoma ; Ovary ; Teratoma

BACKGROUND: Inoculation of ascitic fluid into blood culture bottles is known to be more efficient than conventional culture method to diagnose spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. The aim of this study is to evaluate recovery and early detection of peritonitis-causing bacteria from ascitic fluid by using the BACTEC blood culture system with bedside inoculation. The results were compared to those of conventional culture method. METHODS: Ascitic fluid specimens from 345 patients suspicious of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis were prospectively evaluated between January 1999 and March 2002. In all cases, 5 to 10 mL of ascitic fluid were inoculated at the bedside into a pair of BACTEC blood culture bottles (BC method), and simultaneously an aliquot of ascitic fluid was sent to microbiology laboratory for conventional culture. Isolated microorganisms and the time elapsed for final report were compared between the two methods. RESULTS: BC method was positive in 66/345 ascitic fluid specimens (19.1%) and conventional culture method in 48/345 (13.9%) (P=0.065). Time elapsed for final report was 82 20.5 hours for blood culture method and 107 42.4 hours for conventional culture method (P=0.002). CONCLUSION: BC method using BACTEC system provides an earlier microbiologic diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis than conventional culture method with higher sensitivity.
Ascitic Fluid* ; Bacteria ; Diagnosis ; Humans ; Peritonitis* ; Prospective Studies*