Ovarian small cell carcinoma

Immunohistochemistry

Combined positivity with WT1 and EMA may be diagnostically helpful, not being seen in most of the tumours which form the differential diagnosis.

	p53	15/151
	WT1	14/151
	EMA	13/151
	Calretinin	11/151
	AE1/3	9/151
	CD56	4/151
	BerEP4	3/151
	Synaptophysin	2/151
	S-100	1/151
	CK5/6	0/151
	Chromogranin	0/151
	CD99	0/151
	NB84	0/151
	Desmin	0/151
	a-inhibin	0/151
	TTF-1	0/151

References

¹McCluggage WG et al. An immunohistochemical analysis of ovarian small cell carcinoma of hypercalcaemic type. Pathological Society July 2004, abstract 75.

This page last revised 7.6.2004.

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