Immunohistochemical evaluation of inflammatory reaction in a case of pilomatrixoma

OBJECTIVES: To identify the types of the cells in a case of pilomatricoma and to evaluate the lesion's stage, the cells' proliferating rate and the associated inflammatory reaction.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: The paraffin-embedded tissue was investigated by histological examination and by immunohistochemistry for the expression of some markers such as: cytokeratins, CD3, CD20, CD68, PCNA, CD34 II.

RESULTS: The lesion presented the characteristic epithelial cells of a classical pilomatricoma: bazaloid cells, ghost cells and transitional cells. 10-15% of the bazaloid cells were PCNA+. The MNF 116 antibody labeled only some of the transitional and of the ghost cells. We found no CD3-positive cells and few CD20-positive cells. A marked inflammatory reaction was noticed, dominated by giant multinucleated cells, positive for CD68 and PCNA and a rich network of blood vessels with a high vascular density.

CONCLUSION: The histological pilomatricoma diagnosis was straightforward on the basis of the bazaloid and ghost cells presence. Immunohistochemistry brought additional data regarding the cells proliferation rate, the stage of the lesion and the intensity of the associated inflammation.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2009

Erschienen:

2009

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:113

Enthalten in:

Revista medico-chirurgicala a Societatii de Medici si Naturalisti din Iasi - 113(2009), 3 vom: 08. Juli, Seite 819-25

Sprache:

Rumänisch

Weiterer Titel:

Evaluarea prin imunohistochimie a reacţiei inflamatorii intr-un caz de pilomatricom

Beteiligte Personen:

Indrei, Anca [VerfasserIn]
Cianga, P [VerfasserIn]
Dumitrescu, Gabriela Florenţa [VerfasserIn]
Cianga, Corina [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Antigens, CD
Antigens, CD20
Antigens, CD34
Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic
Biomarkers, Tumor
CD3 Complex
CD68 antigen, human
Case Reports
Journal Article
Keratins, Hair-Specific
Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 06.05.2010

Date Revised 16.11.2017

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM195436849