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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Some patients with oral cancer may have elevated liver function tests, abnormal urea and electrolyte measurements, elevated calcium levels, serum ferritin, alpha-antitrypsin, haptoglobin and alpha-antiglycoprotein and decreased levels of prealbumin, which is usually suggestive of metastasis. | Some patients with oral cancer may have elevated [[liver function tests]], abnormal [[urea]] and [[electrolyte]] measurements, elevated [[calcium]] levels, serum [[ferritin]], [[alpha-antitrypsin]], [[haptoglobin]] and [[alpha-antiglycoprotein]] and decreased levels of [[prealbumin]], which is usually suggestive of [[metastasis]]. | ||
==Oral cancer laboratory findings== | ==Oral cancer laboratory findings== | ||
===Blood tests include=== | ===Blood tests include=== | ||
*Liver function tests may be elevated in liver metastasis | *Liver function tests may be elevated in liver metastasis | ||
*Complete blood cell count and hemoglobin value may be decreased | *Complete blood cell count and [[hemoglobin]] value may be decreased | ||
*Abnormal Urea and electrolyte measurements | *Abnormal Urea and electrolyte measurements | ||
* Serum calcium level may have elevated which is a poor prognostic indicator. | * Serum calcium level may have elevated which is a poor prognostic indicator. | ||
Revision as of 13:25, 10 September 2015
Oral cancer Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Simrat Sarai, M.D. [2]
Overview
Some patients with oral cancer may have elevated liver function tests, abnormal urea and electrolyte measurements, elevated calcium levels, serum ferritin, alpha-antitrypsin, haptoglobin and alpha-antiglycoprotein and decreased levels of prealbumin, which is usually suggestive of metastasis.
Oral cancer laboratory findings
Blood tests include
- Liver function tests may be elevated in liver metastasis
- Complete blood cell count and hemoglobin value may be decreased
- Abnormal Urea and electrolyte measurements
- Serum calcium level may have elevated which is a poor prognostic indicator.
- Serum ferritin, alpha-antitrypsin, and alpha-antiglycoprotein levels may be increased in high-stage cancer of oral cavity while those at any stage of disease have increased haptoglobin levels. Prealbumin levels are decreased slightly in persons at any stage.