Transthyretin
Transthyretin is a transport protein for thyroxine and retinol
Immunohistochemical expression
It is expressed by adenocarcinomas at a wide range of sites:
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Breast, ductal carcinoma
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45/1191
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Breast, lobular carcinoma
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4/101
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Pulmonary adenocarcinomas
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12/351
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Gastric carcinomas
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16/391
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Colonic carcinoma
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7/251
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Pancreatic carcinoma
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15/261
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Ovarian carcinoma
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11/291
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Renal carcinomas
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27/451
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choroid plexus and its tumours
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positive
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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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