EXPRESS DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE FOR SUPRARENAL HYPERCORTISOLISM Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC A61B5/00 G01N1/28 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention concerns medicine, endocrinology, physiopathology and biology. Express diagnostics of suprarenal hypercortisolism is ensured as follows. A glass plate is placed within a suprarenal projection - on the skin between IX thoracic and I lumbar vertebras. This plate is covered with a path-shaped biological indicator - 1% aqueous solution of asparaginic amino acids in volume 0.01-0.03 ml. The plate is kept within suprarenal projection for 3-5 minutes. A preparation is dried up in a thermostat at T=+18-20°C within 2-3 minutes, then analysed in polarised light with a quartz compensator. Suprarenal hypercortisolism is diagnosed if the crystals - discoid spherulites and/or frostwork skeleton crystals are found in the crystal preparation.

EFFECT: method improves information value of express diagnostics of hypercortisolism with reduced material costs.

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