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Androstenedione

Test Code
ANLMS


Alias/See Also

LAB518



CPT Codes
<p>82157</p>

Preferred Specimen

Patient Preparation: An early morning specimen is preferred

 

Specimen Type: Serum

Collection Container/Type: Red top

Submission Container/Tube: Plastic vial

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Collection Instructions: 

  1. Draw blood in a red-top tube (no gel).
  2. Separate serum after clotting. 
  3. Do not submit glass tubes.

 

Specimen Type: Plasma

Collection Container/Type

Preferred: Lavender top (EDTA)

Acceptable: Green top (sodium heparin), or Green top (lithium heparin), or Royal blue-top (EDTA) plastic trace element blood collection tube

Submission Container/Tube: Plastic vial

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Collection Instructions: 

  1. Draw blood.
  2. Separate plasma and immediately transfer to a plastic vial. 
  3. Do not submit glass tubes.


Patient Preparation
An early morning specimen is preferred.

Minimum Volume

0.25 mL



Other Acceptable Specimens
Plasma collected in: EDTA (lavender-top) tube, EDTA (royal blue-top) tube, sodium heparin (green-top) tube or lithium heparin (green-top) tube


Instructions
Draw blood in a red-top tube (no gel). Separate serum after clotting. Do not submit glass tubes.


Transport Container
Transport tube


Transport Temperature
Refrigerated (cold packs)


Specimen Stability

Room temperature: 14 days

Refrigerated: 28 days

Frozen: 2 years



Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)

Serum separator tube • Gross hemolysis



Methodology

Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry



Setup Schedule
Set up: Daily; Report available: 2-5 days


Report Available

1-4 days



Reference Range
See Laboratory Report


Clinical Significance
Androstenedione may be useful in evaluating patients with androgen excess and managing patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH).


Performing Laboratory

Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute-San Juan Capistrano, CA
33608 Ortega Highway
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675-2042




Last Updated: October 15, 2019


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