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Análisis del líquido cefalorraquídeo - Results

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Análisis del LCR

Valores normales:

Anticuerpos y ADN de virus comunes: ninguno
Bacterias: ninguna proliferación de bacterias en un cultivo de laboratorio
Células cancerosas: ninguna presente
Conteo de células: menos de 5 glóbulos blancos (todos mononucleares) y 0 glóbulos rojos
Cloruro: 110 a 125 mEq/L
Hongos: ninguno
Glucosa: 50 a 80 mg/100 mL (o mayor a dos tercios del nivel de azúcar en la sangre)
Glutamina: 6 a 15 mg/dL
Deshidrogenasa láctica: menos de 2.0 a 7.2 U/mL
Bandas oligoclonales: 1 o 0 bandas que no están presentes en una muestra de suero pareado
Proteína: 15 a 60 mg/100 dL

Nota: los rangos de los valores normales pueden variar ligeramente entre diferentes laboratorios. Hable con el médico acerca del significado de los resultados específicos de su examen.

Los ejemplos anteriores muestran las mediciones comunes para los resultados de estas pruebas. Algunos laboratorios usan diferentes medidas o podrían evaluar diferentes muestras.

Nota: mg/dL = miligramos por decilitro.

Significado de los resultados anormales:

Un análisis anormal de LCR puede deberse a muchas causas, incluyendo:

Cáncer
Encefalitis (como la encefalitis del Nilo Occidental y la encefalitis equina del este)
Encefalopatía hepática
Infección
Inflamación
Síndrome de Reye
Meningitis debido a bacterias, hongo, tuberculosis o virus

Química del LCR

Reviewed last on: 4/30/2011
Kevin Sheth, MD, Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine;David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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Rosenberg GA. Brain edema and disorders of cerebrospinal fluid circulation. In: Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, eds. Bradley: Neurology in Clinical Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Butterworth-Heinemann Elsevier; 2008:chap 63.

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