PENTS - Overview: Pentobarbital, Serum
Monitoring of pentobarbital therapy treatment
URAU - Overview: Urea, 24 Hour, Urine
Assessment of protein intake and/or nitrogen balance
CBC - Overview: Complete Blood Cell Count (CBC) with Differential, Blood
Screening tool to confirm a hematologic disorder, to establish or rule out a diagnosis, to detect an unsuspected hematologic disorder, or to monitor effects of radiation or chemotherapy
RETF - Overview: Lung Cancer, RET (10q11) Rearrangement, FISH, Tissue
Identifying RET gene rearrangements in patients with late-stage, lung adenocarcinomas that are negative for epidermal growth factor receptor mutations and anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearrangements Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)...
LPCBS - Overview: Lysophosphatidylcholines, LC MS/MS, Blood Spot
Second-tier newborn screen for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy This test is not intended for metabolic screening of symptomatic patients. This test is supplemental and not intended to replace state mandated newborn screening.
MESOF - Overview: Mesothelioma, CDKN2A FISH, Tissue
Supporting the diagnosis of mesothelioma when used in conjunction with an anatomic pathology consultation
MAMLF - Overview: MAML2 (11q21) Rearrangement, Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma (MEC), FISH, Tissue
Supporting the diagnosis of mucoepidermoid carcinoma when used in conjunction with an anatomic pathology consultation
BLWX - Overview: Walnut-Food Components, IgE, Serum
Evaluation of patients with suspected walnut-food allergy to one of 2 walnut-food components
GLIOF - Overview: 1p/19q Deletion in Gliomas, FISH, Tissue
Aids in diagnosing oligodendroglioma tumors and predicting the response of an oligodendroglioma to therapy May be useful in tumors with a complex "hybrid" morphology requiring differentiation from pure astrocytomas to support the presence...
ANISP - Overview: Anisakis, Parasite, IgE, Serum
Establishing a diagnosis of an allergy to the Anisakis parasite Defining the allergen responsible for eliciting signs and symptoms Identifying allergens: -Responsible for allergic response and/or anaphylactic episode -To confirm...
February 2020 - Laboratory Genetics & Genomics - Insights
A 71 yr old female with a history of a central nervous system lymphoma, an allogenic stem cell transplant and graft versus host disease was tested for...
inflammatory-bowel-disease-diagnostic-testing-algorithm.pdf
YES <50 mcg/g <50 mcg/g Abnormal >50 mcg/g Normal ANCA present ASCA IgG and IgA absent ANCA absent ASCA IgG or IgA present ANCA absent ASCA IgG or IgA absent >120 mcg/g50-120 mcg/g NO Assessing a patient...
Find out how our sarcoma panel assesses gene mutations and fusions described in more than 50 types of soft tissue, bone, and other mesenchymal tumors....
July 2019 — Cardiovascular - Insights
A 50-year-old man who was known to have systemic hypertension developed sudden onset of severe back pain with associated diaphoresis. He lost...
Mayo Clinic’s Neuro-Oncology practice, the Division of Laboratory Genetics and Genomics tests about 50 brain tumors a week, and upwards of 1,500 brain tumors a year from all over the world....