From the Pathology Laboratories of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Read before the Boston Pathological Society, May 7, 1934. Van Ravenswaay, A. C. — Assistant in Medicine, Washington University ...
BACKGROUND: Various interferences can cause spurious results for common laboratory tests. Although rare, heterophilic antibodies may produce false elevations in PSA that could prompt unnecessary ...
Background A 58-year-old man, without any personal or familial risk factors for prostate cancer, visited his primary care physician for a first routine prostate cancer screening with a serum PSA test.