Serum Polysaccharides in Hydatid Disease of the Liver and Lung

Original article

English

A. M. El Shareef 1, S. Taguri 2, F. K. Dar 3, Y. Abdel Ghaffar 1

1-Faculty of Medicine, University of Am Shams, Cairo, Egypt. 2-Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Garyounis, Benghazi, S.P.L.A.J. 3-Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Garyounis, Benghazi, S.P.L.A.J.

Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 2, No.1. January 1979:31-33

Abstract

Serum polysaccharide levels in cases of liver and lung cancer were found to be about x 2.5 higher than in cases of hydatid disease of these organs. It is suggested that this measure may be an additional tool in the differential diagnosis of these two diseases.

Keywords: Serum Polysaccharides in Hydatid Disease of the Liver and Lung

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