Publications by authors named "C Van Laer"
Background: Conventional tests for inherited thrombophilia focus on the five most-established inherited thrombophilias; i.e. deficiencies in antithrombin, protein C, and protein S, and the factor V Leiden and prothrombin G20210A variants.
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- Carcinocythemia is the presence of tumor cells in the blood, making it challenging to detect, especially when the cells are present in low numbers.
- In a case study, a 56-year-old patient was initially suspected of having sepsis but was later diagnosed with carcinocythemia after atypical cells were found in a blood smear, and further tests confirmed the presence of carcinoma cells.
- The patient sadly passed away shortly after diagnosis, revealing that the underlying cause was a form of breast cancer; this highlights the need for improved detection methods for carcinocythemia in patients with symptoms like disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).
Purpose: In 1968, Steinmann described the hyoid bone syndrome as a degenerative and inflammatory insertion tendinosis. It causes unilateral pain in the neck, increased by swallowing and palpation. The treatment is conservative, but when this fails, surgery is an option.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Falsely elevated synovial white blood cell (WBC) counts using automated hematology analyzers have been reported particularly in the setting of joint arthroplasty. We evaluated the implementation of a laboratory workflow based on Sysmex XN-1000-automated cell counting and scattergram interpretation.
Methods: WBC and differential were measured for 76 synovial fluid samples (29 native joints and 47 with joint arthroplasties) with Sysmex XN-1000 and manual methods.