Ber-EP4 for differentiating adenocarcinoma from reactive and neoplastic mesothelial cells in serous effusions. Comparison with carcinoembryonic antigen, B72.3 and Leu-M1

Acta Cytologica
M E BaileyI Ramzy

Abstract

To evaluate the efficacy of Ber-EP4 in distinguishing epithelial cells from mesothelial cells in routine cytologic preparations. Paraffin-embedded cell blocks of serous effusions from 32 patients (11 metastatic adenocarcinomas, 16 reactive mesothelial proliferations and 5 malignant mesotheliomas) were immunostained with Ber-EP4. For comparison, cell block preparations of adenocarcinomas and mesotheliomas were also immunostained with the most commonly applied markers of adenocarcinoma: carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), B72.3 and Leu-M1. In addition, cytocentrifuge preparations of 14 reactive effusions and 2 metastatic adenocarcinomas were stained prospectively with Ber-EP4. All adenocarcinomas showed intense membrane staining, while all mesothelial proliferations, both benign and malignant, were negative. The Ber-EP4-positive immunostaining was remarkably clean, with very minimal nonspecific staining. CEA stained 11/11 adenocarcinomas, B72.3 stained 10/11, and Leu-M1 stained 8/11; mesotheliomas were negative with all three antibodies. Ber-EP4 is at least as useful as CEA, B72.3 and Leu-M1 in the diagnosis of serous effusions. It has the advantage of high sensitivity and ease of interpretation because of the high percentage of tumo...Continue Reading

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