Immunoreactivity is cytoplasmic and often granular4. Normal tissues are negative, apart from neutrophils and cutaneous melanocytes1.
Compound naevus |
15/151 |
staining most prominent in junctional and superficial dermal melanocytes, similar to the pattern with HMB45 |
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Dysplastic naevus |
15/151 |
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Blue naevus |
2/21 |
homogenous diffuse positivity |
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Pigmented naevus | 25/274 |
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PNL2 |
positive for all markers |
negative for all markers |
positive ONLY for PNL2 |
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Primary epithelioid melanoma |
13/131 |
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Metastatic melanoma |
26/381 |
1/381 |
2/381 |
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1/131, 2/344 |
1/131 |
1/131 |
0/131 |
1/131 |
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Non-desmoplastic spindle cell melanoma |
4/51 |
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Mucosal melanoma |
48/544 |
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Clear cell sarcoma |
16/164 |
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10/101, 14/174 |
18/182 |
1/153 |
15/153 |
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PEComa | ||||||||||
Lymphangioleiomyoma | 7/74 |
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Staining is strongest in epithelioid melanomas1.
Lung |
squamous carcinoma |
0/11, 0/544 |
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large cell carcinoma |
0/454 |
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adenocarcinoma |
0/11, 0/324 |
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Breast |
ductal carcinoma |
0/51, 0/664 |
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lobular carcinoma |
0/51, 0/54 |
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Sarcomatoid carcinoma, intestine / larynx |
0/394 |
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Squamous cell carcinoma larynx |
0/314 |
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Squamous cell carcinoma oesophagus |
0/254 |
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Stomach, adenocarcinoma |
0/484 |
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Colon, adenocarcinoma |
0/11, 0/484 |
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Liver, cholangiocarcinoma |
0/204 |
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Liver, hepatocellular carcinoma |
0/394 |
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Pancreas, adenocarcinoma |
0/274 |
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0/51 |
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Ovarian carcinoma |
0/51, 0/344 |
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Endometrium, adenocarcinoma |
0/204 |
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Squamous cell carcinoma cervix |
0/224 |
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Transitional cell carcinoma, bladder |
0/51, 0/254 |
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Prostate, adenocarcinoma |
0/504 |
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Embryonal carcinoma testis |
0/224 |
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Seminoma testis |
0/434 |
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Thyroid carcinoma |
0/534 |
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Fibrosarcoma |
0/41 |
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0/31 |
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GIST, stomach and intestine |
0/1034 |
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Liposarcoma |
0/51 |
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Cellular dermatofibroma |
0/51 |
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0/51, 0/424 |
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Schwannoma |
0/174 |
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0/21 |
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0/21 |
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0/11 |
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1/131, 0/214 |
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1/11 |
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AML |
0/51 |
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CML |
3/31, 6/64 |
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diffuse large B-cell lymphoma | 0/204 | |||
small B-cell lymphoma | 0/174 | |||
blastic extramedullary myeloid tumour | 0/114 | |||
Malignant mesothelioma | 0/314 | |||
Merkel cell carcinoma | 0/44 | |||
Angiosarcoma | 0/144 |
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solitary fibrous tumour / haemangiopericytoma | 0/364 |
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malignant fibrous histiocytoma | 0/324 |
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meningioma | 0/1644 |
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nodular fasciitis | 0/154 |
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synovial sarcoma | 0/144 | |||
Another marker for melanoma. It generally does not stain desmoplastic melanoma. Along with HMB45 it is also useful for the identification of PEComas. Care must be taken not to mistake the positivity of neutrophils within tumour or necrotic tumour for positivity of tumour cells.
References
This page last revised 1.3.2012.
©SMUHT/PW Bishop