[The experience of application of standards of laboratory diagnostic of rheumatic diseases in clinical practice.]

The article presents the results of two-year analysis of experience of application of standards of laboratory diagnostic of rheumatic diseases according data of clinical diagnostic laboratory and rheumatic department of the N.N. Burdenko Penzenskaia oblast clinical hospital. The sampling included 2363 examined patients. It was implemented 18 737 analyses i.e. in average 7.9 analyses per one patient. Out of them, tests of detection of auto antibodies consisted 42% (7871), proteins of acute phase - 13.2% (2480), intoxication syndrome - 11.2% (2098). other types of immune diagnostic - 33.6% (6288). The information markers of diagnostic, process activity, severity of course, prognosis and effectiveness of applied therapy are singled out. The conclusions about purpose and evaluation of results of laboratory studies are made.

[Congenital spinal cord malformation concurrent with ependymoma of the third brain ventricle].

This paper describes a very rare case of congenital spinal cord malformation as two tumoroid masses of spinal cord rudiments and located in the area of the cauda equina. In addition, ependymoma of the third brain ventricle was detected in a male child aged 2 years and 4 months.