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ALT - Results

Nombres alternativos

SGPT; Alanina aminotransferasa; Glutamato piruvato transaminasa en suero; Alanina transaminasa

Valores normales:

El rango normal puede variar de acuerdo con muchos factores que incluyen la edad y el sexo. 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.

Significado de los resultados anormales:

Un incremento en los niveles de ALT a menudo significa que la enfermedad hepática está presente. Esta enfermedad es incluso más probable cuando los niveles de otras pruebas de la función hepática también se han incrementado:

Un incremento en los niveles de ALT puede deberse a:

Cirrosis (cicatrización del hígado).
Muerte del tejido del hígado (necrosis hepática).
Hepatitis.
Hemocromatosis.
Falta de flujo sanguíneo al hígado (isquemia hepática).
Tumor o cáncer del hígado.
Medicamentos hepatotóxicos.
Mononucleosis.
Pancreatitis (hinchazón e inflamación del páncreas).

Reviewed last on: 2/20/2011
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Berk PD, Korenblat KM. Approach to the patient with jaundice or abnormal liver test results. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 150.

Pratt DS. Liver chemistry and function tests. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2010:chap 73.

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