Paraneoplastic Disease Profile, CSF (Referred Out) - Saskatoon

Overview

Description

Test ordering requirements

Forms required

• Copy of requisition MUST accompany specimen to SPH laboratory
• Forms Required - Fill in the ‘Other tests’ location on the Acute Care Phlebotomy Requisition

Specimen Information

Specimen types accepted

• CSF

Specimen collection container

• Preferred Collection Container: CSF collection tube
• Alternative Collection Container: Aliquot tube of CSF

Required volume

• Optimal Volume: 3.0 mL
• Minimum Volume: 1.0 mL

(Submitting the minimum volume makes it impossible to repeat the test or perform confirmatory/reflex testing. In some situations, a minimum volume may require a second collection)

Performance

Days/times performed

 

Availability	Shipped  weekly Wednesdays
Testing site	Referred out by St. Paul’s Hospital Laboratory to Mitogen Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory (Calgary, AB)

 

Maximum laboratory time

Results reporting​

• 5 day turnaround time by testing laboratory

Other information

​Additional comments

•    Paraneoplastic Disease profile includes Anti-Amphiphysin, Ri (NOVA‐1), Yo, Hu, PNMA2 (Ma2/Ta), CV2.1, Recoverin, SOX1, Titin, Zic4, GAD65, Tr (DNER)

Last Updated: March 17, 2026