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Basal cell v squamous cell v basosquamous carcinoma of skin
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BerEP4
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EMA
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basal cell carcinoma
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39/391, 22/222
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0/391
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squamous cell carcinoma
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0/231, 0/212
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22/231
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basosquamous carcinoma
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13/13(staining was patchy, but was strong in all but one case.)1
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1/13(focal positivity in one case only.)1
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Reference
1 Beer TW, Shepherd P, Theaker JM. BerEP4 and epithelial membrane antigen aid distinction of basal cell, squamous cell and basosquamous carcinomas of the skin. Histopathology 2000;37:218-223.
2 Tellechea O, Reis JP, Domingues JC, et al. Monoclonal antibody Ber EP4 distinguishes basal-cell carcinoma from squamous-cell carcinoma of the skin. Am J Dermatopathol 1993; 15:452-5
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©SMUHT/PW Bishop