Immunohistology of the Breast

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Perhaps the most frequent use of diagnostic immunohistochemistry (IHC) in the surgical pathology laboratory pertains to breast biopsies by virtue of the volume and sheer difficulty of cases. In addition…

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Immunocytology

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Immunocytology, or immunocytochemistry (ICC), involves the use of ICC in diagnostic cytopathology. The application of immunostains in cytology cases has expanded and improved our ability to make definitive and accurate…

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Imaging and Quantitative Immunohistochemistry

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Overview Pathologists frequently use immunohistochemistry (IHC) to evaluate antigen location and expression patterns in tissue for diagnostic and/or prognostic purposes. This process often also requires quantification of these immunostains to…

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Immunohistology of the Gastrointestinal Tract

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This chapter divides the discussion of immunohistochemistry (IHC) of the luminal gastrointestinal (GI) tract into three sections: (1) epithelial pathology, (2) neuroendocrine lesions, and (3) spindle cell lesions. We have…

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Immunohistology of the Prostate

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Chapter Outline Overview, 588 Biology of Antigens and Antibodies, 588 Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry of Specific Prostate Lesions, 591 Beyond Immunohistochemistry: Theranostic and Genomic Applications, 608 Summary, 623 Overview Used in the…

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Immunohistology of Skin Tumors

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Overview The skin is a complex microenvironment. The normal structures of the epidermis, dermis, and cutaneous adnexa are morphologically and functionally complicated, and the histologic entities that occur in this…

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