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Test Code C3FX C3 Complement, Functional, Serum

Important Note

  • MUST be drawn at the Outpatient Lab at the Main Hospital
  • MUST be send down on ICE

Reporting Name

C3 Complement, Functional, S

Useful For

Diagnosis of C3 deficiency

 

Investigation of a patient with undetectable total complement level

Performing Laboratory

Mayo Clinic Laboratories in Rochester

Specimen Type

Serum Red


Ordering Guidance


The total complement assay (COM / Complement, Total, Serum) should be used as a screen for suspected complement deficiencies before ordering individual complement component assays. A deficiency of an individual component of the complement cascade will result in an undetectable total complement level.

Specimen Required


Patient Preparation: Fasting preferred

Supplies: Sarstedt 5 mL Aliquot Tube (T914)

Collection Container/Tube: Red top

Submission Container/Tube: Plastic vial

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Collection Instructions:

1. Immediately after specimen collection, place the tube on wet ice.

2. Centrifuge and aliquot serum into plastic vial.

3. Immediately freeze specimen.


Specimen Minimum Volume

0.5 mL

Specimen Stability Information

Specimen Type Temperature Time Special Container
Serum Red Frozen 14 days

Reference Values

21-50 U/mL

Day(s) Performed

Monday through Friday

Test Classification

This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by Mayo Clinic in a manner consistent with CLIA requirements. It has not been cleared or approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.

CPT Code Information

86161

LOINC Code Information

Test ID Test Order Name Order LOINC Value
C3FX C3 Complement, Functional, S 87723-3

 

Result ID Test Result Name Result LOINC Value
C3FX C3 Complement, Functional, S 87723-3

Interpretation

Low levels of complement may be due to inherited deficiencies, acquired deficiencies, or due to complement consumption (eg, as a consequence of infectious or autoimmune processes).

 

Absent C3 levels in the presence of other normal complement values are consistent with a C3 deficiency.

Clinical Reference

1. Davis ML, Austin C, Messmer BL, et al: IFCC-standardization pediatric reference intervals for 10 serum proteins using the Beckman Array 360 system. Clin Biochem. 1996;29(5):489-492

2. Gaither TA, Frank MM: Complement. In: Henry JB, ed. Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 17th ed. WB Saunders Company; 1984:879-892

3. O'Neil KM: Complement deficiency. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. 2000;19:83-108

4. Frank MM: Complement deficiencies. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2000;47(6):1339-1354

5. Brodszki N, Frazer-Abel A, Grumach AS, et al: European Society for Immunodeficiencies (ESID) and European Reference Network on Rare Primary Immunodeficiency, Autoinflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases (ERN RITA) Complement Guideline: Deficiencies, diagnosis, and management. J Clin Immunol. 2020;40(4):576-591

6. Willrich MAV, Braun KMP, Moyer AM, Jeffrey DH, Frazer-Abel A. Complement testing in the clinical laboratory. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci. 2021 Nov;58(7):447-478. doi: 10.1080/10408363.2021.1907297

Report Available

1 to 3 days

Method Name

Automated Liposome Lysis Assay