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Pattern of Different Immunohistochemical Stains in Various Types of Hepatoblastoma.
- Source :
- Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal; 4/30/2022, Vol. 72 Issue 2, p363-366, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Objective: To assess the utility of four immunohistochemical stains in the categorization of hepatoblastoma. Study Design: Retrospective longitudinal study. Place and Duration of Study: Histopathology Department, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital, Peshawar Pakistan, from 2016 to 2018. Methodology: We retrospectively reviewed 50 cases of hepatoblastoma from 2016-2018, from our hospital database and studied the pattern of four immunohistochemical stains (Beta-catenin, Glutamine synthetase, Heppar 1 and Cyclin D1) in various subtypes. Results: Ten out of fifty cases were mixed epithelial and mesenchymal hepatoblastomas, and forty were pure epithelial. In the pure epithelial category, the fetal subtype showed Heppar 1 and Cyclin D1 positivity in twenty-eight cases, while Glutamine synthetase and Beta-catenin were positive in all the thirty cases. One case of embryonal subtype displayed negativity for Heppar 1; the rest of the immunohistochemical stains were positive. Ten tumours exhibiting mixed epithelial and mesenchymal morphology showed positivity for all the four immunohistochemical stains in the epithelial component. However, Heppar 1 and cyclin D1 were negative in the mesenchymal component in all the ten cases. Five cases (50%) showed Glutamine synthetase and Beta-catenin positivity in the mesenchymal component. Conclusion: All the four immunohistochemical stains, especially Beta-catenin and Glutamine synthetase, were efficient diagnostic tool, especially for tumours with complex or vague morphological features. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- IMMUNOSTAINING
GLUTAMINE synthetase
HEPATOBLASTOMA
CANCER hospitals
CYCLINS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00309648
- Volume :
- 72
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 157247861
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v72i2.5182