Article
Immunohistochemical phenotyping and PCNA detection in gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Vrettou E, Karkavelas G, Christoforidou B, Meditskou S, Papadimitriou C S
Abstract excerpt
The immunohistochemical profile and the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) were studied in a series of 44 mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). On routinely hematoxylin-eosin stained sections 31 cases were classified as leiomyomas or leiomyomatoid tumors, 12 as leiomyosarcomas and 1 as a neurilemmoma. Immunohistochemical stains for smooth muscle antigen (SMA), S-100 protein,...
Topics
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Esophageal Neoplasms
- Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
- Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Immunohistochemistry
- Intestinal Neoplasms
- Leiomyoma
- Leiomyosarcoma
