Article
So-called fibroepithelial polyps of the vagina exhibiting an unusual but uniform antigen profile characterized by expression of desmin and steroid hormone receptors but no muscle-specific actin or macrophage markers.
American journal of clinical pathology - 1 May 1990
Hartmann C A, Sperling M, Stein H
Abstract excerpt
The nature of the atypical, often multinucleated stromal cells proliferating in the so-called fibroepithelial polyps of the vagina (FEPV) is obscure. The authors therefore investigated immunohistochemically four polyps of this type with a panel of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, including t...
Topics
- Actins
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigens, Neoplasm
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Desmin
- Epithelium
- Female
- Fibroma
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Macrophages
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Steroid
- Vaginal Neoplasms