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Table 1 Patient’s laboratory data

From: Meigs’ syndrome mimicking heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a case report

Variables

Results

Reference range

Blood analysis

 Total protein (g/L)

6.7

6.3–8.2

 Albumin (g/L)

3.2

3.4–5.0

 LDH (U/L)

134

106–211

Tumor markers

 CA-125 (U/mL)

382

0–35

 CEA (ng/mL)

2.1

<  5.0

 NSE (ng/mL)

8.2

<  16.3

Pleural fluid

 Color

reddish

 

 Rivalta test

negative

 

 White blood cells (/μL)

627

 

 Neutrophils (%)

1

 

 Lymphocytes (%)

69

 

 Histiocytes (%)

28

 

 Eosinophils (%)

0

 

 Protein (g/L)

4.9

 

 Albumin (g/L)

2.9

 

 LDH (U/L)

104

 

 Cholesterol (mg/dL)

44

 

 Glucose (mg/dL)

134

 

 Adenosine deaminase (U/L)

9.3

 

 Culture: M. tuberculosis

negative

 

 Cytology

class II

 

Identification of exudative effusions

 Protein fluid to serum ratio

0.73

>  0.5

 LDH fluid to serum ratio

0.77

>  0.6

 Serum-to-effusion albumin gradient (g/dL)

0.3

≤ 1.2

  1. LDH Lactate dehydrogenase, CA-125 Cancer antigen-125, CEA Carcino-embryonic antigen, NSE Neuron-specific enolase, M. tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis