Mammary carcinoma associated antigen, MCAA

Immunohistochemical expression

It is expressed by adenocarcinomas at a wide range of sites:

Breast, ductal carcinoma

67/1191

Breast, lobular carcinoma

5/101

Pulmonary adenocarcinomas

22/351

Gastric carcinomas

18/391

Colonic carcinoma

6/251

Pancreatic carcinoma

14/261

Ovarian carcinoma

23/291

Renal carcinomas

15/451

   
   
   

 

Diagnostic utility

 

References

1Kaufmann, O., T. Deidesheimer, et al. (1996). "Immunohistochemical differentiation of metastatic breast carcinomas from metastatic adenocarcinomas of other common primary sites." Histopathology 29(3): 233-40.

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