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*[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin]].<ref name=pmid19187107>{{Cite journal | last1 = Yu | first1 = L. | last2 = Galan | first2 = A. | last3 = McNiff | first3 = JM. | title = Caveats in BerEP4 staining to differentiate basal and squamous cell carcinoma. | journal = J Cutan Pathol | volume = 36 | issue = 10 | pages = 1074-176 | month = Oct | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01223.x | PMID = 19187107 }}</ref> | *[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin]].<ref name=pmid19187107>{{Cite journal | last1 = Yu | first1 = L. | last2 = Galan | first2 = A. | last3 = McNiff | first3 = JM. | title = Caveats in BerEP4 staining to differentiate basal and squamous cell carcinoma. | journal = J Cutan Pathol | volume = 36 | issue = 10 | pages = 1074-176 | month = Oct | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01223.x | PMID = 19187107 }}</ref> | ||
*[[Malignant mesothelioma]] (18 | *[[Malignant mesothelioma]] (18 positive of 70 cases<ref name=pmid9426522/>). | ||
*[[Microcystic adnexal carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid23398472 >{{Cite journal | last1 = Sellheyer | first1 = K. | last2 = Nelson | first2 = P. | last3 = Kutzner | first3 = H. | last4 = Patel | first4 = RM. | title = The immunohistochemical differential diagnosis of microcystic adnexal carcinoma, desmoplastic trichoepithelioma and morpheaform basal cell carcinoma using BerEP4 and stem cell markers. | journal = J Cutan Pathol | volume = 40 | issue = 4 | pages = 363-70 | month = Apr | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1111/cup.12085 | PMID = 23398472 }}</ref> | *[[Microcystic adnexal carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid23398472 >{{Cite journal | last1 = Sellheyer | first1 = K. | last2 = Nelson | first2 = P. | last3 = Kutzner | first3 = H. | last4 = Patel | first4 = RM. | title = The immunohistochemical differential diagnosis of microcystic adnexal carcinoma, desmoplastic trichoepithelioma and morpheaform basal cell carcinoma using BerEP4 and stem cell markers. | journal = J Cutan Pathol | volume = 40 | issue = 4 | pages = 363-70 | month = Apr | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1111/cup.12085 | PMID = 23398472 }}</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 17:05, 15 May 2016
Ber-EP4 is a commonly available immunostain. It is directed against EpCam.[1]
Positive
- Basal cell carcinoma.
- Lung adenocarcinoma (55 positive of 59 cases[2]).
Negative
- Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.[3]
- Malignant mesothelioma (18 positive of 70 cases[2]).
- Microcystic adnexal carcinoma.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Dasgeb, B.; Mohammadi, TM.; Mehregan, DR. (2013). "Use of Ber-EP4 and Epithelial Specific Antigen to Differentiate Clinical Simulators of Basal Cell Carcinoma.". Biomark Cancer 5: 7-11. doi:10.4137/BIC.S11856. PMID 24179394.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ordóñez, NG. (Jan 1998). "Value of the Ber-EP4 antibody in differentiating epithelial pleural mesothelioma from adenocarcinoma. The M.D. Anderson experience and a critical review of the literature.". Am J Clin Pathol 109 (1): 85-9. PMID 9426522.
- ↑ Yu, L.; Galan, A.; McNiff, JM. (Oct 2009). "Caveats in BerEP4 staining to differentiate basal and squamous cell carcinoma.". J Cutan Pathol 36 (10): 1074-176. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01223.x. PMID 19187107.
- ↑ Sellheyer, K.; Nelson, P.; Kutzner, H.; Patel, RM. (Apr 2013). "The immunohistochemical differential diagnosis of microcystic adnexal carcinoma, desmoplastic trichoepithelioma and morpheaform basal cell carcinoma using BerEP4 and stem cell markers.". J Cutan Pathol 40 (4): 363-70. doi:10.1111/cup.12085. PMID 23398472.