CATP - Overview: Catecholamine Fractionation, Free, Plasma
Diagnosing pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma, as an auxiliary test to fractionated plasma and urine metanephrine measurements Diagnosis follow-up of patients with neuroblastoma and related tumors, as an auxiliary test to urine...
CORTO - Overview: Cortisol, Free and Total, Serum
Assessment of cortisol status in cases where there is known or a suspected abnormality in cortisol-binding proteins or albumin Assessment of adrenal function in the critically ill or stressed patient, thus preventing unnecessary use of...
Evaluating patients with suspected stiff-person syndrome (classical or focal forms, such as stiff-limb or stiff-trunk) and progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus using spinal fluid specimens
PQNU - Overview: Porphyrins, Quantitative, 24 Hour, Urine
Preferred screening test for congenital erythropoietic porphyria and porphyria cutanea tarda and during symptomatic periods for acute intermittent porphyria, hereditary coproporphyria, and variegate porphyria when specimen transport will be...
Evaluating patients with suspected stiff-person syndrome (classical or focal forms, such as stiff-limb or stiff-trunk) and progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus using serum specimens
COMCP - Overview: Hereditary Common Cancer Panel, Varies
Evaluating hereditary cancer for patients with a personal or family history suggestive of a hereditary cancer syndrome using a panel of 36 genes Establishing a diagnosis of a hereditary cancer syndrome allowing for targeted cancer...
XCP - Overview: Hereditary Expanded Cancer Panel, Varies
Evaluating hereditary cancer in patients with a personal or family history suggestive of a hereditary cancer syndrome using a panel of 87 genes Establishing a diagnosis of a hereditary cancer syndrome allowing for targeted cancer...
SNS - Overview: Supplemental Newborn Screen, Blood Spot
Presymptomatic identification of disorders to allow for early initiation of treatment and consequent improvement in the long-term prognosis of affected patients The conditions identifiable by amino acid and acylcarnitine analysis are...
GIP - Overview: Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel, PCR, Feces
Rapid detection of gastrointestinal infections caused by: -Campylobacter species (Campylobacter jejuni/Campylobacter coli/Campylobacter upsaliensis) -Clostridioides difficile toxin A/B -Plesiomonas shigelloides -Salmonella species -Vibrio...
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Each day, some 40 to 45 thousand specimens are shipped to Mayo Clinic Laboratories in Rochester, Minnesota, from hospitals and other health care organizations around the world. And for every sample, there’s a patient to whom it belongs,...
Find out how our hereditary cancer panels use next-generation sequencing to evaluate dozens of genes associated with cancer risk.
Pathways Case Studies: June 2022 - Insights
This "Pathways" program provides Anatomic and Clinical Pathology cases that include a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. Cases for June include the following sub-specialties: Dermatopathology, Gastroenterology...