Laboratory Medicine ›› 2024, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (8): 770-773.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2024.08.009

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Interference and correction of chylemia on blood cell analysis parameters in tumor patients

ZHANG Jialing, QI Jun()   

  1. Department of Clinical Laboratory,National Cancer Center,National Clinical Research Center for Cancer,Cancer Hospital and Shenzhen Hospital,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Peking Union Medical College,Shenzhen 518116,Guangdong,China
  • Received:2023-09-15 Revised:2024-04-26 Online:2024-08-30 Published:2024-09-02

Abstract:

Objective To analyze the influence of chylemia on blood cell analysis parameters in tumor patients,and to investigate the correction effect of plasma exchange on chylemia,so as to provide a reference for laboratory to accurately report the results of blood cell analysis. Methods From January 2022 to August 2023,54 whole blood samples of tumor patients who were confirmed to have chylemia were enrolled from the Department of Clinical Laboratory of Cancer Hospital and Shenzhen Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Peking Union Medical College. cencer of By blood cell analyzer,white blood cell (WBC) count,platelet(PLT) count,red blood cell(RBC) count,hemoglobin(HGB),hematocrit(HCT),mean corpuscular volume(MCV),mean corpuscular hemoglobin(MCH) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration(MCHC) were determined before and after plasma exchange. With the instrument alarm “Turbidity/HGB Interf?” was eliminated,the MCHC returned to normal or stable levels,or it was consistent with historical results,the state of chylemia was corrected. The results were compared before and after correction. The clinical data of patients were collected to understand the source of chylemia samples. Results Chylemia samples were mainly collected from middle-aged and elderly patients with breast cancer,lung cancer,liver cancer and pancreatic cancer(37.04%,20/54). WBC count,PLT count,HGB,MCH and MCHC before correction were higher than those after correction(P<0.05). There was no statistical significance in RBC count,HCT and MCV before and after correction(P>0.05). Conclusions Chylemia mainly affects the results of WBC count,PLT count,HGB,MCH and MCHC,and plasma exchange can eliminate the interference.

Key words: Chylemia, Blood cell analysis, Plasma exchange, Interference, Tumor

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