Table 3 Calretinin reactivity reported in papillary serous carcinomas and peritoneal epithelioid mesothelioma

From: The diagnostic utility of immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy in distinguishing between peritoneal mesotheliomas and serous carcinomas: a comparative study

 

Papillary serous carcinomas

Peritoneal epithelioid mesotheliomas

Antibody information

 

n

+Cases (%)

n

+Cases (%)

 

Doglioni et al (1996)34

16

1 (6)

3

3 (100)

PAb, Swant

Ordóñez (1998)2

45

4 (9)

35

35 (100)

PAb, Zymed

Attanoos et al (2002)1

23

0 (0)

32

28 (88)

PAb, Swant

Cathro and Stoler (2005)37

13

5 (38)

Not studied

PAb, Swant

Chu et al (2005)20

26

8 (31)

Not studied

PAb, Zymed

Present study

45

14 (31)

40

40 (100)

PAb, Zymed

  1. PAb=polyclonal antibody.