Immune complexos and other laboratory features of pleural effusions

doi:10.1016/S0300-2896(15)32457-1

Archivos de Bronconeumología

ISSN: 0300-2896

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Se analiza la utilidad clínica de determinados parámetros biológicos en pacientes con derrame pleural (12 con artritis reumatoide, 9 con LED y 30 enfermos con diversas afecciones). Los derrames de los artríticos y de los enfermos de lupus se diferenciaban de los controles en el contenido en glucosa, pH y LDH. Los niveles de complemento en líquido pleural diferenciaban a los artríticos de los controles, pero no de los enfermos con LED. Los complejos inmunes se detectaron en el líquido de los pacientes con artritis reumatoide por tres métodos (C1q, factor reumatoide monoclonal y células Raji). Estos complejos tenían niveles superiores a los séricos. En los sujetos con LED el derrame presentaba inmunocomplejos, especialmente mediante la técnica de células Raji, y los valores de los mismos eran semejantes a los del suero.

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