CHANGE IN MACROMOLECULAR-COMPOSITION OF INTERSTITIAL FLUID FROM SWOLLEN ARMS AFTER BREAST-CANCER-TREATMENT, AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
CHANGE IN MACROMOLECULAR-COMPOSITION OF INTERSTITIAL FLUID FROM SWOLLEN ARMS AFTER BREAST-CANCER-TREATMENT, AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
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DOI:
10.1042/cs0850737
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发表时间:
1993-12-01
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6
通讯作者:
MORTIMER, PS
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作者:
BATES, DO;LEVICK, JR;MORTIMER, PS
1. The pathophysiology of chronic arm oedema after treatment of breast cancer was investigated by collecting serum and subcutaneous interstitial fluid from the affected and contralateral arms by the wick method (both arms) and by aspiration (oedematous arm). The fluids were analysed for total protein, albumin, glycosaminoglycan and viscosity, and arm volume was measured.2. Total protein concentration in the aspirated oedema fluid was 32.4+/-7.5 g/l (mean+/-SD throughout; n=39). Protein concentration in wick fluid from the oedematous arm (35.8+/-7.3 g/l, n = 14) was not significantly different from that in aspirated fluid. The oedema protein concentrations were significantly lower than in wick fluid from the non-swollen arm (41.4+/-6.7 cmH2O, n=13, P