Ascites
Description | 10 ml ascites for cytology, blood culture bottles for bacteriology, mycobacteria, EDTA-tubes (as for blood count) for cell count and cell differentiation, Sodium fluoride-monovette (yellow) for lactate-evaluation. Differential diagnosis: Non-malignant, malignant ascites: Total protein (> 3 g/dl indicates tumor ascites), cholesterol (> 45 mg/dl indicates tumor ascites), CEA (>2,5 µg/l indicates tumor ascites), CA19-9 (> 30 U/ml indicates tumor ascites). Granulocytes of > 250/µl indicate infected ascites. Pancreas-elastase, chlamydia-PCR |