Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in young adults with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), but its basis is still not well understood. We therefore evaluated the determinants of atherosclerosis in children with ESRD. A total of 37 children with ESRD (with 31 who had undergone transplantation) were examined and compared to a control group comprising 22 healthy children. The common carotid intimamedia thickness (CIMT) was measured by ultrasound as a marker of preclinical atherosclerosis. The association of CIMT with anthropometrical data, blood pressure, plasma lipid levels, and other biochemical parameters potentially related to cardiovascular disease was evaluated. Children with ESRD had significantly higher CIMT, blood pressure, and levels of lipoprotein (a), urea, creatinine, ferritin, homocysteine, and serum uric acid as well as significantly lower values of apolipoprotein A. The atherogenic index of plasma (log(triglycerides/HDL cholesterol)) was also higher in patients with ESRD; however, this difference reached only borderline significance. In addition, a negative correlation was found between CIMT and serum albumin and bilirubin in the ESRD group, and this correlation was independent of age and body mass index. In the control group, a significant positive correlation was observed between CIMT and ferritin levels. Factors other than traditional cardiovascular properties, such as the antioxidative capacity of circulating blood, may be of importance during the early stages of atherosclerosis in children with endstage renal disease., H. M. Dvořáková ... [et al.]., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
This report describes a case of male patient with metastatic papillary carcinoma of unknown primary origin with unusual high levels of CA 125. Laboratory tests in serum and plasma (urea, creatinine, uric acid, sodium, potassium, total bilirubin, ALT, AST, GMT, ALP, C-reactive protein, and glucose) were normal except C-reactive protein (57.6 mg/l). Computer tomography scan showed tumorous formations situated in the area of both kidneys. According to the literature we performed more detailed laboratory investigation (CEA, CA 125, CA 15-3, CA 19-9, AFP) and we found only serum level of CA 125 significantly elevated (> 600 kU/l). The results of recent studies suggest that CA 125 might be useful as a serum tumor marker also in patients with other carcinomas apart ovarian cancer., Kazuistika popisuje případ pacienta s metastatickým papilárním karcinomem z neznámého zdroje s neobvykle vysokou hodnotou CA 125. Analyty stanovené v séru a plasmě (urea, kreatinin, kyselina močová, sodný kation, draselný kation, celkový bilirubin, ALT, AST, GMT, ALP, C-reaktivní protein a glukóza) byly v referenčním rozmezí kromě C-reaktivního proteinu (57,6 mg/l). Pomocí počítačové tomografie byly prokázány tumorózní útvary v oblasti obou ledvin. V souladu s literaturou bylo provedeno podrobnější laboratorní vyšetření (CEA, CA 125, CA 15-3, CA 19-9, AFP), kde byla prokázána významně zvýšená hladina CA 125 (> 600 kU/l). Výsledky některých studií poukazují na to, že CA 125 by mohl být vhodným nádorovým markerem také u pacientů s jinými druhy karcinomů než s karcinomem ovaria., Eva Klapková, Richard Průša, J. Kukačka, and Lit. 11