Utility of MOC-31 monoclonal antibody in differentiating metastatic adenocarcinoma cells and reactive mesothelial cells in effusion cytology

• मुख्य लेखकों: Bharat Patil (लेखक), Vitaladevuni Shivkumar (लेखक), Nitin Gangane (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: Connect to this object online.

In effusion cytology, a clear distinction between reactive mesothelial cells and metastatic adenocarcinoma cells is sometimes challenging mainly due to similarities in the cytomorphological features. In such cases for definitive diagnosis, paraffin-embedded cell block examination and immunohistochem...