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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1999;47(1):50-56.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1999.47.1.50    Published online July 1, 1999.
Diagnostic Value of Cyfra 21-1 in Differential Diagnosis of Pleural Effusion.
Hak Jun Lee, Kwan Ho Lee, Kyeong Cheol Shin, Chang Jin Shin, Hye Jung Park, Yeung Chul Mun, Kyung Hee Lee, Jin Hong Chung, Myung Soo Hyun, Hyun Woo Lee
Department of Internal Medicine, Yeung Nam University College of Medicine, Taegu, Korea.
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Pleural effusion is a common clinical problem and many clinical and laboratory evaluations, such as tumor marks, have been studied to discriminate malignant pleural fluid from benign pleural fluid. However their usefulness in the diagnosis of pleural effusion is still not established fully. We studied the diagnostic value of cyfra 21-1 in diagnosis of malignant pleural effusion. METHODS: Pleural fluid was obtained from 45 patients with malignant diseases(32 lung cancer patients, 13 metastatic malignant diseases) and 47 patients with benign diseases. The level of cyfra 21-1 in the pleural fluid and serum were determined using a CYFRA 21-1 enzyme immunoassay kit(Cis-Bio International Co.). The t-test was used for comparison between two diseases groups and receiver operating characteristic(ROC) curves were constructed by calculating the sensitivities and specificities of the cyfra 21-1 at several points to determine the diagnostic accuracy of the cyfra 21-1. RESULTS: In patients with primary lung cancer, the level of cyfra 21-1 in the pleural fluid was significantly higher than those of patients with benign diseases and had positive correlations between the level of cyfra 21-1 in the pleural fluid and serum levels. In the ROC curve analysis of the pleural fluid, the curve for primary lung cancer group was located closer to the left upper corner and the cut off value, sensitivity and specificity of the cyfra 21-1 of the primary lung cancer group was determined as 22.25ng/ml, 81.8% and 78.7% respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Our data indicates that the measurement of cyfra 21-1 level in pleural effusion has useful diagnostic value to discriminate malignant pleural effusion in primary lung cancer from benign pleural effusion.
Key Words: Pleural effusion, Lung cancer, Cyfra 21-1
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