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Revision as of 23:47, 6 February 2012
Immunohistochemical staining, also immunostaining, is a powerful tool. It is abbreviated IHC.
Utility
Use of immunohistochemistry:[1]
- Unknown primary tumours.
- Poorly differentiated tumours.
- Prognostic markers, e.g. ERBB2 (HER2).
- Proving clonality - in the context of hematologic malignancies.
Quality control
This is an evolving area in pathology that has been ignored for a surprisingly long time.
It is touched upon the in the quality article in the immunohistochemistry section.
General (malignant) differential diagnosis
Malignancy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Epithelial (Carcinoma) | Mesenchymal (Sarcoma) | Germ cell tumour | Neuroendocrine carcinoma | Hematologic | Malignant melanoma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Carcinoma.
- AE1/AE3 - pankeratin.
- Others: EMA, HMWK, LMWK.
- Sarcoma.
- Vimentin.
- Many pathologists think this stain is totally useless.
- Vimentin.
- Germ cell tumours.
- PLAP (placental-like alkaline phosphatase) - not very sensitive.[2]
- Others: D2-40, OCT 3/4.
- Neuroendocrine carcinoma.
- Chromogranin A.
- Synaptophysin.
- CD56.
- CD57.[3]
- Melanoma.
- Hematologic.
- Lymphoma/leukemia.
- CD45 (common leukocyte antigen).
- CD30.
- Plasma cell:
- Kappa.
- Lambda.
- CD138.
- Lymphoma/leukemia.
Keratins
Classification:[7]
- Low molecular weight keratins (LMWK): 7, 8/18, 19, 20.
- High molecular weight keratins (HWMK): 4, 10, 13, 14, 17.
Uses:
- CK8 (CAM5.2)[8] - used to look for mets from breast cancer in axillary lymph nodes.
- HWMK (e.g. K903[9]) - squamous cell carcinoma.
Organ specific
Thyroid and lung
- TTF-1 (thyroid transcription factor-1) -- +ve in thyroid gland malignancies.
Image: Adenocarcinoma with nuclear TTF-1 positivity (WC).
Breast markers
- GCDFP-15 (AKA BRST-2) -- specific, but NOT sensitive.
- ER (estrogen receptor) - in normal breast.
- PR (progesterone receptor) - in normal breast.
- HER2/neu - pathological, assoc. with worse prognosis.
- HER2/neu+ cancers Tx'ed with trastuzumab (Herceptin).
Prostate gland
- PSA - prostatic specific antigen.
- PSAP - prostatic specific acid phosphatase.
- p63 - stains nuclei of basal cell in normal prostate.
- 34betaE12 - stains basal cells in normal prostate.
- AMACR (racemase, P504S[11]) - present in adenocarcinoma (NOT in normal prostate).
- AR - usually present in prostate confined cancers.[12]
- CAP cocktail - AKA CAP, AKA PIN-4, AKA PIN.
- Consists of: AMACR, p63 and HMWK.
- Image: CAP cocktail (webpathology.com).
Colorectal carcinoma markers
- CEA.
Small bowel
- CDX2.
- Villin.
Kidney
- RCC, EMA, CD10.
- CK7 -ve in clear cell RCC.
- AMACR +ve in papillary RCC.
- D2-40 +ve in ChRCC.
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis:
- CD68 (for macrophages).
Ovary
- CA125, CK7+, CK20-.
- WT1 -- 90% in serous +ve.
Serous markers
- WT-1, CA-125, D2-40.
Liver
- AFP (alpha-fetaprotein).
- Glypican-3.
- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) stains with glypican 3, while liver with dysplastic changes and/or cirrhotic changes does not.[13]
- HepPar-1 (hepatocytes paraffin antibody 1) - labels hepatocellular mitochondria.[14]
HCC vs. cholangiocarcinoma:
- TTF-1: ~90-100% +ve (cytoplasmic) in HCC vs. ~10% in choleangiocarcinoma.[15]
Mesothelium
Panel:[16]
- Mesothelial markers:
- Calretinin.
- WT-1.
- D2-40.
- CK5/6.
- Carcinoma markers:
- CEA (monoclonal and polyclonal).
- TTF-1.
- Ber-EP4.
- MOC-31.
Note:
- One should use two mesothelial markers and two carcinoma markers.[16]
Pancreas
- CK17 - approx. 50% of pancreaticobiliary adenocarcinomas & patchy.[17]
- CK19.[18]
Neuropathology
General:
- S-100.
Glial:
- GFAP.
Neuronal:
- Synaptophysin.
- Chromogranin.
Specific entities:
- EMA +ve: meningioma, ependymoma (cytoplasm dot-like).[19]
Tumour (low-grade gliomas):
- IDH-1 +ve.
- Usually negative in glioblastoma.
Miscellaneous
Macrophages
- CD68.
Special:
- S100 -- +ve in Rosai-Dorfman disease.
- CD1a -- +ve in Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Langerhans histocytes.
Special, less common:
One organ vs. another
Cervix vs. uterus
- Cervix (typically): CEA +ve,[25] p16 +ve.
- ... and ER -ve, PR -ve, vimentin -ve.
- Uterus (typically): vimentin +ve, ER +ve, PR +ve.[26]
- ... and CEA -ve, p16 -ve.
Additional Ref.:[27]
Liver vs. bile duct
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) vs. hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC):[28]
- ICC: CK19 (92.5%), MUC-1 (73.8%) +ve.
- HCC: HepPar-1 (85.6%), CD34 (87.8%) +ve.
Prostate vs. bladder
Prostate adenocarcinoma vs. urothelial carcinoma:
- Prostate adenocarcioma: PSA +ve, PSAP +ve, AR +ve, CK7 -ve, CK20 -ve.
- Urothelial carcinoma: CK7 +ve, CK20 +ve, PSA -ve, PSAP -ve, AR -ve.
Lymphomas
This is covered more extensively in the lymphoma article.
Lymphocytes
- CD45 (AKA common leukocyte antigen).
B-cells
- CD20.
- CD19 (flow only).
- PAX5.
- CD79a.
T-cells
- CD3 - general T-cell marker (marks both CD4 +ve and CD8 +ve cells).
- CD4.
- CD8.
- CD7.
- CD43.
Specific entities
Follicular lymphoma
- CD10 +ve, BCL6 +ve.
CLL
- CD5 +ve, CD23 +ve.
Mantle cell lymphoma
Hodgkin's lymphoma
This is covered more extensively in the Hodgkin lymphoma article.
Classic types:
- CD30 Reed-Sternberg cells (RSCs) +ve ~98%.[30]
- CD15 Reed-Sternberg cells +ve ~80%, stains neutrophils.
Germ cell tumours
Seminoma
- D2-40 +ve.[2]
- OCT 3/4 +ve.
Embryonal carcinoma
- CD30 +ve - cytoplasm, cell membrane, Golgi.
- Rarely positive in seminoma.
- CK7 +ve.[31]
- AE1/AE3 +ve.
Yolk sac tumour (endodermal sinus tumour)
- AFP (alpha fetoprotein).
Choriocarcinoma
- beta-hCG.
Bare bones mnemonic for GCTs
The germ cell tumour (GCT) IHC mnemonic ABCD:
- AFP = yolk sac tumour.
- Beta-hCG = choriocarcinoma.
- CD30 = embryonal carcinoma.
- D2-40 = seminoma.
Spindle cell lesions
Abbreviated spindle cell panel (memory device SCADS):
- S100.
- CD34.
- AE1/AE3.
- Desmin.
- SMA.
A MFH panel:
- CD34 - GIST, angiosarcoma, Kaposi sarcoma, solitary fibrous tumour/hemangiopericytoma, dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP), spindle cell lipoma.
- S-100 - neural differentiation, melanoma.
- Desmin - smooth muscle.
- MIB1 - proliferation marker (target is Ki-67 protein).
- CD99 - blue small cell tumours, membranous staining EWS.
- BCL2 - synovial sarcoma, small cell lymphomas, spindle cell lipoma.[32][33]
- PGP 9.5.
- SMMS - smooth muscle.
- Caldesmon - muscle.
- PDGFR - GIST.
Muscle markers
- Desmin - all three types.
- H-caldesmon - smooth muscle - most specific.
- Smooth muscle actin (SMA) - smooth muscle.
- MyoD1 - skeletal muscle.
- Smooth muscle myosin (abbreviated SMMS).
Proliferation markers
- MIB1 - an antibody against the protein Ki-67 (a protein expressed in proliferating cells).
Note: MIB1 should not be confused with mindbomb homolog 1 (MIB-1), a gene that regulates apoptosis.[34]
Carcinomas
CK7 and CK20
CK7+ CK20-
- Ovary (but not mucinous).
- Breast.
- Endometrial.
- Lung (adenocarcinoma).
- Mesothelioma.
- Salivary gland.
- Thyroid gland (all).
Mnemonic: OBE + lung x2 + H&N x2
CK7- CK20+
CK7+ CK20+
- Pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
- Ovary, mucinous subtype.
- Occasionally gastric adenocarcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma.
- "Transitional cell carcinoma" (urothelial cell carcinoma).§
- Esophageal adenocarcinoma.
Mnemonic: POOTE.
Note:
- § - Transitional cell carcinoma of the ovary is usu. CK20 -ve.[35]
CK7- CK20-
- Neuroendocrine lung (small cell carcinoma).
- Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC).
- Squamous cell carcinoma (all sites of the body).
- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
- Thymoma.
- Urogenital tumours - germ cell tumours.
- Renal cell carcinoma (clear cell type).
- Prostate adenocarcinoma.
Mnemonic: NASH TURP.
Vimentin & cytokeratin
A few tumours are positive for both vimentin and cytokeratins.
Common tumours:
Common tumours that uncommonly have the pattern:
Rare tumours:
References
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External links
- Stanford Surgical Pathology IHC guide - standford.edu.