Immunocytochemical localization of carcinoembryonic antigen in benign and malignant colorectal tissues. Assessment of diagnostic value.
Immunocytochemical localization of carcinoembryonic antigen in benign and malignant colorectal tissues. Assessment of diagnostic value.
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良性和恶性结直肠组织中癌胚抗原的免疫细胞化学定位。
DOI:
10.1093/ajcp/75.3.283
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发表时间:
1981
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Gottlieb,LS
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文献类型:
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作者:
O'Brien,MJ;Zamcheck,N;Burke,B;Kirkham,SE;Saravis,CA;Gottlieb,LS
Immunoperoxidase and immunofluorescence staining for carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) was performed on paraffin and frozen sections, respectively, of colonic carcinomas (70), liver and lymph node metastases (20), mesenteric nodes (150), mucosa adjacent to carcinoma (40), colonic resection margins (20), normal colon (ten), and colorectal polyps (64) in order to assess its potential diagnostic value. On the basis of this study of the immunocytochemical localization of CEA in colorectal tissues, conclusions were as follows. (1) Localization of CEA to glycocalyx of surface epithelial cells is a normal finding in the colon and is similar in normal colon and mucosa distant and adjacent to infiltrating carcinoma. (2) Although strongly positive cell surface and intraluminal staining frequently correlates with the presence of carcinoma in neoplastic polyps, it is not by itself a reliable diagnostic criterion. (3) Failure to demonstrate CEA in a gland-forming carcinoma makes a diagnosis of colorectal carcinoma unlikely. (4) Poorly differentiated colorectal carcinoma usually contains much less demonstrable surface CEA, but may occasionally stain cytoplasm strongly. (5) Although lymph node micrometastases from colorectal carcinoma are readily demonstrated by immunoperoxidase staining for CEA, screening of hematoxylin and eosin-stained sections by a competent pathologist appears to be adequate for their detection.