SERUM CHOLESTEROL ESTERS AND INTESTINAL CHOLESTEROL SECRETION AND ABSORPTION IN OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE DUE TO CANCER
SERUM CHOLESTEROL ESTERS AND INTESTINAL CHOLESTEROL SECRETION AND ABSORPTION IN OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE DUE TO CANCER
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm195908202610802
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发表时间:
1959-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
CHENG, SH
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作者:
STANLEY, MM;PINEDA, EP;CHENG, SH
In 86 patients with cancers of the pancreas, gall bladder and ampulla of Vater, and metastases to the liver from various sites, the serum concentrations of total, free and ester cholesterol and intensity of jaundice were correlated. In jaundiced patients the characteristic abnormalities were a rise in serum free cholesterol, a decrease in ester fraction and usually a decrease in the absolute quantity of ester. The percentage of serum cholesterol esters usually was inversely proportional to the degree of jaundice. In nonjaundiced patients the serum cholesterol esters were normal. Determination of the proportion of serum cholesterol as the ester is of no value as a "liver-function test" and in the differential diagnosis of jaundice. The "secretion" of cholesterol by the mucosal cells of the intestine was 400 mg per day in these 2 patients. These determinations are the only available estimations of the magnitude of this function in man.