THE EXPRESSION AND SIGMFICANCE OF HMB45,S-100 PROTEIN AND VIMENTIN IN PRIMARY MALIGNANT MELANOMA. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University (3).(1996)
THE EXPRESSION AND SIGMFICANCE OF HMB45,S-100 PROTEIN AND VIMENTIN IN PRIMARY MALIGNANT MELANOMA. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University (3).(1996)DOI:
THE EXPRESSION AND SIGMFICANCE OF HMB45,S-100 PROTEIN AND VIMENTIN IN PRIMARY MALIGNANT MELANOMA
Fourty-four cases of prunary malignant melanoma(MM)were studi ed
Histologic examina-tion revealed that MM have different cellular types and arrangement of cells. This makes itdifficult to distingul sh them from various porrly differentiated carcinomas
sarcomas andlymphomas. On immunohistochemical study
the rate of positivity with HMB45
S-100 protein andvimentin was 88. 6%
95.5%and 97.7%respectively.Results indicate that HMB45 has not onlyhigher specificity
but also sensitivity for MM
which are useful in the diagnosis of MM. S-100protein and vimentin has greater sensitivity only. To use them together will give a supplementaryrole for diagnosis of MM.