Table 1.
Laboratory findings on presentation
| Complete blood count | Biochemistiy | Serology | CSF analysis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WBC | 7,000 | /µL | TP | 6.7 | g/dL | CRP | 0.21 | mg/dL | Opening pressure | 18 | mmH20 |
| Neu | 69.5 | % | Alb | 3.8 | g/dL | ACE | 5.0 | U/L | Cells | 94 | /µL |
| Eo | 0.4 | % | AST | 10 | U/L | sIL2R | 432 | U/mL | Glu | 4 | mg/dL |
| Mo | 7.2 | % | ALT | 10 | U/L | Adenosine deaminase | 29.2 | IU/mL | Protein | 1078 | mg/dL |
| Ly | 22.6 | % | ALP | 77 | U/L | T-SPOT | (–) | ACE | 5.4 | U/L | |
| RBC | 409 × 104 | /µL | γ-GTP | 19 | U/L | TSH | 1.47 | µIU/mL | sIL2R | 6777 | U/mL |
| Hb | 13.4 | g/dL | T.Bil | 1.2 | mg/dL | Free T4 | 1.22 | pg/mL | Lysozyme | 16.5 | pg/mL |
| Hct | 38.3 | % | CPK | 20 | U/L | ANA | 640 | Fold | Adenosine deaminase | 19.5 | IU/mL |
| Pit | 409 × 104 | /µL | BUN | 20.6 | mg/dL | Anti-ds-DNA-Ab | <10 | IU/mL | Culture for bacterium | (–) | |
| Cre | 0.57 | mg/dL | Anti-CCP-Ab | <0.5 | U/mL | Culture and PCR for mycobacteria | (–) | ||||
| Coagulation | UA | mg/dL | PR3-ANCA | <0.5 | U/mL | PCR for herpes simplex virus | (–) | ||||
| APTT | 35.9 | s | Na | 131.3 | mEq/L | MPO-ANCA | <0.5 | EU | PCR for varicella-zoster virus | (–) | |
| PT | 92 | % | K | 3.8 | mEq/L | C3 | 116 | mg/dL | PCR for cytomegalovirus | (–) | |
| PT-INR | 1.0 | Cl | 93 | mEq/L | C4 | 26.2 | mg/dL | Ciyptococcus neoformans antigen | (–) | ||
| FDP | <2.5 | µg/mL | Ca | 9.3 | mg/dL | CH50 | 51 | U/mL | Aspergillus antigen | (–) | |
| D-dimer | 0.8 | µg/mL | Glu | 122 | mg/dL | Anti-TPO-Ab | <9.0 | IU/mL | Cytology class II | ||
| HbA1c | 5.4 | % | Anti-Tg-Ab | 1146 | IU/mL | Oligoclonal band | (+) | ||||
| β-D glucan | <5.0 | pg/mL | IgG index | 1.6 | |||||||
| Anti-HIV Ab | (–) | Paraneoplastic antibodies panel*(–) |
Paraneoplastic antibodies panel included Amphiphysin, CV2, PNMA2 (Ma2/Ta), Ri, Yo, Hu, recoverin, SOX1, titin, zic4, GAD65, and Tr(DNER).