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10028050

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-10-13
pubmed:abstractText
Differential diagnosis between adrenal cortical and adrenal medullary lesions may be difficult in many cases. Different immunohistochemical, histochemical tools as well as ultrastructural diagnostic techniques have been employed to aid in differentiating between these lesions. Recently, both inhibin-A and BCL-2 have been shown to stain selectively adrenal cortical tissue and its derived neoplasms but not adrenal medulla or pheochromocytomas. In this study we compared the staining reactions of inhibin-A and BCL-2 in cases of adrenal cortical adenomas and carcinomas as well as pheochromocytomas. We found that both inhibin-A and BCL-2 stained cortical derived tissues, but not medullary derived tissues. Staining intensity for inhibin-A was significantly weaker than for BCL-2. We found that fixation techniques may influence the staining reactivity, as some cases did not immunoreact with any of the antibodies. We conclude that both inhibin-A, and, preferentially, BCL-2 are useful additions to a staining protocol to help in the differential diagnosis of cortical and medullary neoplasms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1107-3756
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
271-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
BCL-2 expression and inhibin-A in adrenal neoplasms: a comparative study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study