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LOINC 2.82

Color of Cerebral spinal fluid--3rd tube

Color tube3 CSF

Definition

  • A sample of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is collected using a procedure called a lumbar puncture or spinal tap. Often, three or more separate tubes of CSF are collected (tube 1, tube 2, tube 3), and multiple tests may be run on the different tubes. Normal CSF is clear and colorless. Changes in the color of the CSF are not diagnostic but may point to additional substances in the fluid. Yellow, orange, or pink CSF may indicate the breakdown of blood cells due to bleeding into the CSF or the presence of bilirubin. Green CSF may also sometimes be seen with bilirubin or infection. [Lab Tests Online]

Component

  • Color^3rd tube

Specimen / system

  • CSF

Class

  • SPEC

Property

  • Type

Scale

  • Nom

Related names

  • Appearance; Cerebral spinal fluid; Cerebrospinal Fl; Colour; Nominal; Point in time; Random; SPEC; Spinal Fl; Spinal Fld; Spinal Flu; Spinal Fluid; tube3; Typ

Index terms

  • Appearance
  • Cerebral spinal fluid
  • Cerebrospinal Fl
  • Color^3rd tube
  • Colour
  • Nominal
  • Point in time
  • Random
  • SPEC
  • Spinal Fl
  • Spinal Fld
  • Spinal Flu
  • Spinal Fluid
  • tube3
  • Typ