Use of thyroid transcription factor 1, PE-10, and cytokeratins 7 and 20 in discriminating between primary lung carcinomas and metastatic lesions in fine-needle aspiration biopsy specimens

Cancer ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 93 (5) ◽  
pp. 330-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Chhieng ◽  
Joan F. Cangiarella ◽  
Maureen F. Zakowski ◽  
Sunanda Goswami ◽  
Jean-Marc Cohen ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 169 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Bellevicine ◽  
Antonino Iaccarino ◽  
Umberto Malapelle ◽  
Ferdinando Carlo Sasso ◽  
Bernardette Biondi ◽  
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ObjectiveIt is difficult to diagnose anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) in a fine-needle aspiration (FNA) sample because, given the loss of morphological and immunophenotypical follicular thyroid features, its cytology resembles that of other undifferentiated neoplasms. Recent studies have shown that immunostaining for paired box gene 8 (PAX8), a transcription factor expressed in normal thyroid, is effective for diagnosing ATCs on histology. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether PAX8 could be used to identify ATCs on cytology also.Design and methodsWe selected three PAX8-immunostained undifferentiated FNA samples previously diagnosed as suspected ATCs, whose cell block had been negative for the expression of TGB and thyroid transcription factor-1. Matched histological samples, available in two cases, were also processed for PAX8 immunohistochemistry.ResultsAll three FNA samples were PAX8 positive. Two samples that had an epithelioid pattern showed a diffuse, intense nuclear signal. The third sample, which had a spindle-cell pattern, showed less intense and more patchy staining. Matched histology yielded overlapping results.ConclusionsPAX8 immunocytochemistry can help cytopathologists to diagnose ATCs.


2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 589-592
Author(s):  
Malesiba Mampotoko Selepe ◽  
Abraham Christoffel van Wyk ◽  
Kim Gilberte Pauline Hoek ◽  
Yvonne Prince ◽  
Paul David van Helden ◽  
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