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NAME | METHOD | REFERENCE RANGE | UNITS |
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Prostatic Acid Phosphatase | ICMA | < 3.50 | ng/mL |
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TYPE | VOLUME | TEMPERATURE | INSTRUCTIONS |
PRIMARY | ||||
1 | Serum | 2 (0.8) mL | Ambient - 7 Day(s), Refrigerated - 7 Day(s), Frozen - 2 Month(s) |
An adjunct in the evaluation of possible prostatic malignancy and useful in monitoring therapeutic progress. Diagnose carcinoma of prostate, metastatic; monitor therapy with antineoplastic drugs in prostatic cancer; evaluate possible histiocytosis. Moderate elevations of total acid phosphatase have been observed with malignant invasion of bone, myelocytic leukemia, Paget's disease, hyperparathyroidism with skeletal involvement, Gaucher's disease, and Neimann-Pick disease. Spurious elevations may occur in hemolytic disease and impaired kidney function. |