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Neuroblastoma laboratory tests
Introduction
Overview
Overview
laboratory findings of neuroblastoma include increased level ferritin, catecholamine, dopamine, vanillylmandelic acid (VMA), homovanillic acid (HVA), lactate dehydrogenase and neuron-specific enolase levels. There are increased urinary catecholamine, vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) and homovanillic acid (HVA) levels.
Laboratory Findings
Laboratory Findings
Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of neuroblastoma include: [1][2][3][4][1][2][5][6]
- Blood tests
- Decreased hemoglobin
- Increased ferritin
- Increased catecholamine
- Increased dopamine
- Increased vanillylmandelic acid (VMA)
- Increased homovanillic acid (HVA)
- Increased lactate dehydrogenase (>1500 U/ml)
- Increased neuron-specific enolase (>100 ng/ml)
- Urine analysis
- Increased catecholamine
- Increased vanillylmandelic acid (VMA)
- Increased homovanillic acid (HVA)
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Neuroblastoma Treatment for health professionals. National Cancer Institute (2015) http://www.cancer.gov/types/neuroblastoma/hp/neuroblastoma-treatment-pdq#link/_534_toc Accessed on October, 7 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Colon NC, Chung DH (2011). “Neuroblastoma”. Adv Pediatr. 58 (1): 297–311. doi:10.1016/j.yapd.2011.03.011. PMC 3668791. PMID 21736987.
- ↑ Nadja C. Colon & Dai H. Chung (2011). “Neuroblastoma”. Advances in pediatrics. 58 (1): 297–311. doi:10.1016/j.yapd.2011.03.011. PMID 21736987.
- ↑ Sunghoon Kim & Dai H. Chung (2006). “Pediatric solid malignancies: neuroblastoma and Wilms’ tumor”. The Surgical clinics of North America. 86 (2): 469–487. doi:10.1016/j.suc.2005.12.008. PMID 16580935. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Andrew M. Davidoff (2012). “Neuroblastoma”. Seminars in pediatric surgery. 21 (1): 2–14. doi:10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2011.10.009. PMID 22248965. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ M. S. Blois & P. W. Banda (1976). “Letter: Laboratory diagnosis of neuroblastoma”. The New England journal of medicine. 295 (16): 899–900. doi:10.1056/NEJM197610142951617. PMID 958297. Unknown parameter
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