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==[[IHC]]==
==[[IHC]]==
Standard panel:
===Standard panel===
#S100 +ve.
#S100 +ve.
#*Negative staining pretty much excludes the diagnosis.
#*Negative staining pretty much excludes the diagnosis.
#HMB-45 +ve -- esp. deep.
#HMB-45 +ve -- esp. deep.
#Melan A (MART-1) +ve.
#Melan A (MART-1) +ve.
Others:
*SOX10 +ve -- useful for diff. from excision scar.<ref name=pmid20653825>{{cite journal |author=Ramos-Herberth FI, Karamchandani J, Kim J, Dadras SS |title=SOX10 immunostaining distinguishes desmoplastic melanoma from excision scar |journal=J. Cutan. Pathol. |volume=37 |issue=9 |pages=944–52 |year=2010 |month=September |pmid=20653825 |doi=10.1111/j.1600-0560.2010.01568.x |url=}}</ref>
**SOX-10 = pan-schwannian and melanocytic marker.


Notes:
Notes:
*The standard panel above (S100, HMB-45, MART-1) is also positive in other lesions, e.g. ''[[cellular blue nevus]]''.
*The standard panel above (S100, HMB-45, MART-1) is also positive in other lesions, e.g. ''[[cellular blue nevus]]''.
===Threshold panel===
When one it sure it is melanocyte... but unsure it is melanoma:
*HMB-45 +ve deep.
**In benign lesions it deep (mature) melanocytes are negative.
*Ki-67.
===Others===
*SOX10 +ve -- useful for differentiate from excision scar.<ref name=pmid20653825>{{cite journal |author=Ramos-Herberth FI, Karamchandani J, Kim J, Dadras SS |title=SOX10 immunostaining distinguishes desmoplastic melanoma from excision scar |journal=J. Cutan. Pathol. |volume=37 |issue=9 |pages=944–52 |year=2010 |month=September |pmid=20653825 |doi=10.1111/j.1600-0560.2010.01568.x |url=}}</ref>
**SOX-10 = pan-schwannian and melanocytic marker.


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