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'''Cytokeratin 20''', abbreviated '''CK20''', is a commonly used [[immunostain]]. It is also known as '''keratin 20'''.
'''Cytokeratin 20''', abbreviated '''CK20''', is a commonly used [[immunostain]]. It is also known as '''keratin 20'''.


*CK20 stains virtually all [[colorectal carcinoma]]s.<ref name=pmid11007036>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chu | first1 = P. | last2 = Wu | first2 = E. | last3 = Weiss | first3 = LM. | title = Cytokeratin 7 and cytokeratin 20 expression in epithelial neoplasms: a survey of 435 cases. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 13 | issue = 9 | pages = 962-72 | month = Sep | year = 2000 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3880175 | PMID = 11007036 }}</ref>
==Positive==
*Virtually all [[colorectal carcinoma]]s.<ref name=pmid11007036>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chu | first1 = P. | last2 = Wu | first2 = E. | last3 = Weiss | first3 = LM. | title = Cytokeratin 7 and cytokeratin 20 expression in epithelial neoplasms: a survey of 435 cases. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 13 | issue = 9 | pages = 962-72 | month = Sep | year = 2000 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3880175 | PMID = 11007036 }}</ref>
*[[Merkel cell carcinoma]] - perinuclear dot-like pattern.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 08:14, 13 September 2014

CK20 staining in small intestine.

Cytokeratin 20, abbreviated CK20, is a commonly used immunostain. It is also known as keratin 20.

Positive

See also

References

  1. Chu, P.; Wu, E.; Weiss, LM. (Sep 2000). "Cytokeratin 7 and cytokeratin 20 expression in epithelial neoplasms: a survey of 435 cases.". Mod Pathol 13 (9): 962-72. doi:10.1038/modpathol.3880175. PMID 11007036.