Immunohistochemistry
benign myoepithelioma |
malignant myoepithelioma |
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positive, 9/9 (AE1/AE3)3 |
9/101 |
|
positive |
10/101 |
|
positive |
10/101 |
|
positive |
5/101 |
|
positive |
7/101 |
|
0/72, 9/93 |
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0/172 |
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10/101, 5/72 |
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9/172 |
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0/93 |
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often positive |
10/101 |
|
rarely positive |
0/101 |
|
Ectomesenchymal chondromyxoid tumour of the anterior tongue may be a variant of myoepithelioma and shows the same immunoreactivity.
References
Diagnostic histopathology of tumors. Edited by CDM Fletcher. 2nd edition. Churchill Livingstone. Page 249.
2 Chu, P. G. and L. M. Weiss (2002). "Keratin expression in human tissues and neoplasms." Histopathology 40(5): 403-39. (Summary data from multiple papers)
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