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Macro-Aspartate Aminotransferase: A Benign Cause of Abnormal Laboratory Findings.

Nikhil Reddy1, Fadi S Odish2, Sangeeta Agrawal2.   

Abstract

Isolated, persistent elevations of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) without plausible explanation may lead to diagnostic confusion. Macro-enzyme aspartate aminotransferase (macro-AST) is an uncommon and benign cause of persistently elevated AST levels in the absence of other diseases. We present a case of macro-AST in an otherwise healthy adult male which was confirmed by polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitation.
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Keywords:  ast (aspartate aminotransferase); liver; macroast; macroenzymes; peg precipitation

Year:  2022        PMID: 35530879      PMCID: PMC9070560          DOI: 10.7759/cureus.23841

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Cureus        ISSN: 2168-8184


  3 in total

1.  Persistently raised aspartate aminotransferase (AST) due to macro-AST in a rheumatology clinic.

Authors:  Wycliffe Mbagaya; Joanne Foo; Ahai Luvai; Claire King; Sarah Mapplebeck; Andrew Gough; Nuthar Jassam
Journal:  Diagnosis (Berl)       Date:  2015-06-01

2.  Isolated elevated aspartate aminotransferase in an asymptomatic woman due to macro-aspartate aminotransferase: A case report.

Authors:  Meng-Ru Zhan; Xu Liu; Ming-Yuan Zhang; Jun-Qi Niu
Journal:  World J Clin Cases       Date:  2019-12-26       Impact factor: 1.337

3.  Macro-aspartate Aminotransferase: Misleading Finding in a Patient with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Authors:  Neha Sharma; Umar Darr; Amir Darr; Gagan K Sood
Journal:  Cureus       Date:  2019-06-29
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