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Clinicopathological, immunohistochemical, and mutational analyses of pulmonary enteric adenocarcinoma: usefulness of SATB2 and β-catenin immunostaining for differentiation from metastatic colorectal carcinoma.
Human pathology - 1 Jun 2017
Matsushima Jun, Yazawa Takuya, Suzuki Masaki, Takahashi Yoko, Ota Satoshi, Nakajima Takahiro, Yoshino Ichiro, Yokose Tomoyuki, Inoue Toru, Kawahara Kunimitsu, Nakatani Yukio
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Pulmonary enteric adenocarcinoma (PEA) is a rare variant of pulmonary adenocarcinoma; it is sometimes difficult to discriminate between PEA and metastatic colorectal carcinoma (MCRC) because of their morphological and immunohistochemical resemblance. Here, we conducted clinicopathological, immunohistochemical, and mutational analyses of PEA with special focus on its differentiation from MCRC. We comparatively...
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