Abstract
AbstractObjectivesIt is challenging to distinguish between primary ovarian mucinous tumors and metastatic mucinous neoplasms from the lower gastrointestinal tract, including appendiceal tumors. A combination of PAX8 and SATB2 immunohistochemical stains can be used as a diagnostic tool to distinguish between these cases.ResultsImmunostaining for SATB2, PAX8, CK7, CK20 and CDX2 was performed on 50 ovarian mucinous neoplasms (OMN) (39 cystadenomas, 4 borderline and 7 adenocarcinomas), 63 mucinous colorectal carcinoma (CRC), and 9 appendiceal mucinous neoplasms (AMN) [8 low grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms (LAMN) and 1 adenocarcinoma]. PAX8 was positive in 32% of OMN and negative in all CRC and AMN cases. SATB2 was expressed in 2.0% of OMN, 77.8% of AMN, and 49.2% of CRC cases. CK7 was positive in 78.0% of OMN, 33.3% of AMN, and 9.5% of CRC cases. CK20 was expressed in 24.0% of OMN, 88.9% of OMN, and 87.3% of CRC cases. CDX2 was positive in 14.0% of OMN, 100% of AMN, and 90.5% of CRC cases. PAX8 can differentiate between OMN and AMN with high specificity but low sensitivity. CDX2 is the most sensitive marker for CRC and AMN, whereas SATB2 has better specificity.
Funder
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine
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