Macro-Aspartate Aminotransferase: Misleading Finding In A Patient With Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
CUREUS(2019)
Abstract
Persistent elevation of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) activity in serum due to the presence of a macro-enzyme form of AST (macro-AST) may lead to diagnostic confusion in many clinical conditions, particularly in those associated with chronic liver disease. We present a case of macro-AST in a patient with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in which polyethylene glycol precipitation confirmed the cause of disproportionately elevated AST as macro-AST.
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Key words
macroast, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, macroenzymes, immune dysregulation, peg precipitation
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