Difference between revisions of "Placental alkaline phosphatase"

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==Positive==
==Positive==
*[[Intratubular germ cell neoplasia]].<ref name=pmid12598912>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Schreiber | first1 = L. | last2 = Lifschitz-Mercer | first2 = B. | last3 = Paz | first3 = G. | last4 = Yavetz | first4 = H. | last5 = Elliott | first5 = DJ. | last6 = Kula | first6 = K. | last7 = Slowikowska-Hilczer | first7 = J. | last8 = Maymon | first8 = BB. | title = Double immunolabeling by the RBM and the PLAP markers for identifying intratubular (in situ) germ cell neoplasia of the testis. | journal = Int J Surg Pathol | volume = 11 | issue = 1 | pages = 17-20 | month = Jan | year = 2003 | doi =  | PMID = 12598912 }}</ref>
*[[Germ cell neoplasia in situ]] (intratubular germ cell neoplasia).<ref name=pmid12598912>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Schreiber | first1 = L. | last2 = Lifschitz-Mercer | first2 = B. | last3 = Paz | first3 = G. | last4 = Yavetz | first4 = H. | last5 = Elliott | first5 = DJ. | last6 = Kula | first6 = K. | last7 = Slowikowska-Hilczer | first7 = J. | last8 = Maymon | first8 = BB. | title = Double immunolabeling by the RBM and the PLAP markers for identifying intratubular (in situ) germ cell neoplasia of the testis. | journal = Int J Surg Pathol | volume = 11 | issue = 1 | pages = 17-20 | month = Jan | year = 2003 | doi =  | PMID = 12598912 }}</ref>
*[[Seminoma]].
*[[Seminoma]].
*[[Embryonal carcinoma]].
*[[Embryonal carcinoma]].

Revision as of 00:11, 16 March 2016

Placental alkaline phosphatase, abbreviated PLAP, is a common immunostain used for assessing suspected germ cell tumours.

It has largely been replaced by OCT4.

Negative

Positive

See also

References

  1. Hawkins, E.; Heifetz, SA.; Giller, R.; Cushing, B. (Apr 1997). "The prepubertal testis (prenatal and postnatal): its relationship to intratubular germ cell neoplasia: a combined Pediatric Oncology Group and Children's Cancer Study Group.". Hum Pathol 28 (4): 404-10. PMID 9104938.
  2. Schreiber, L.; Lifschitz-Mercer, B.; Paz, G.; Yavetz, H.; Elliott, DJ.; Kula, K.; Slowikowska-Hilczer, J.; Maymon, BB. (Jan 2003). "Double immunolabeling by the RBM and the PLAP markers for identifying intratubular (in situ) germ cell neoplasia of the testis.". Int J Surg Pathol 11 (1): 17-20. PMID 12598912.