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| Title | ACID PHOSPHATASE, PROSTATIC |
| Specimen Requirement | <p>1 SST/1.0 mL serum. After 30 minutes of clotting, promptly centrifuge and refrigerate.</p> |
| Methodology | |
| Stability | Room Temp: 24hrs; Refrigerated 24 hours: Frozen: 28 days |
| Reference Range | By Report* |
| Turnaround | 3-5 days Performed Tues, Thurs, Sat |
| Clinical Use | <p>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.</p> |
| Test Code | PAPW |
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