The Diagnostic Value of Detecting TNF-? Concentrations of Serum in Tuberculous and Malignant Pleural Effusion / 中国医师杂志

Objcetive To evaluate tumor necrosis factor-alpha(TNF-?) in differentiating diagnosis of tuberculous and non-small cell lung cancer with cytology-positive pleural effusion.Methods We measured TNF-? of serum in 25 patients with tuberculous effusion,26 cases of lung adenocarcinoma,21 cases of lung squamous cell carcinoma with pleural effusion and controls by enzyme-linked immunosorbant assays.Results Serum TNF-? levels in patients with tuberculous pleural effusion were lower than that in patienrts with lung adenocarcinoma and lung squamous cell carcinoma(P