Diagnostic tests for osteosarcoma

1. Mike
Smith
FAMILY BULLETIN:

2. Alkaline Phosphate blood test
Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is a protein
found in all body tissues.
Tissues with higher amounts of ALP
include the liver, bile ducts, and bone.
ALP TEST

3. Reasons the test may be done include:
To diagnose liver or bone disease.
To check, if treatments for those
diseases are working.
As part of a routine liver function test.
ALP TEST

4. The normal range is 44 to 147 IU/L
(international units per liter).
High levels of ALP are normally seen in
children undergoing growth spurts and in
pregnant women.
ALP TEST

5. Higher-than-normal ALP
levels
 Biliary obstruction
 Bone conditions
 Osteoblastic bone
tumors, osteomalacia, a
fracture that is healing
 Liver disease or hepatitis
 Eating a fatty meal if you have
blood type O or B
 Hyperparathyroidism
 Leukemia
 Lymphoma
 Paget's disease
 Rickets
 Sarcoidosis
Lower-than-normal ALP
levels
 Hypophosphatasia
 Malnutrition
 Protein deficiency
 Wilson's disease
ALP TEST - ABNORMAL RESULTS MAY BE
DUE TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:

6. Lactase dehydrogenase levels blood test
The protein LDH is in many body tissues,
especially the heart, liver, kidney,
muscles, brain, blood cells, and lungs.
LDL TEST

7. LDH is most often measured to check for
tissue damage.
Other conditions for which the test may
be done include:
Low red blood cell count (anemia)
Cancer, including blood cancer
(leukemia) or lymph cancer (lymphoma)
LDL TEST

8.  Normal value range is 105 - 333 IU/L (international units per
liter).
 A higher-than-normal level may indicate:
 Blood flow deficiency (ischemia)
 Heart attack
 Hemolytic anemia
 Infectious mononucleosis
 Liver disease (for example, hepatitis)
 Low blood pressure
 Muscle injury
 Muscle weakness and loss of muscle tissue (muscular dystrophy)
 New abnormal tissue formation (usually cancer)
 Pancreatitis
 Stroke
 Tissue death
LDL TEST

9. X-Ray
CT Scan
Bone scan
MRI
DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING

10. OSTEOSARCOMA

11. OSTEOSARCOMA