TY - JOUR
T1 - Cytokeratin 19 immunoreactivity in the diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma
T2 - A note of caution
AU - Sahoo, Sunati
AU - Hoda, Syed A.
AU - Rosai, Juan
AU - DeLellis, Ronald A.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - To evaluate the expression of cytokeratin (CK) 19, we stained sections obtained from formalin-fixed, paraffin tissue blocks of 35 thyroid tumors (follicular adenoma [FA], 20; papillary thyroid carcinoma [PTC], 10 follicular variant [FV] and 5 usual type) and scored the extent of staining as follows: 1+ (<5% positively stained cells), 2+ (5%-25% positively stained cells), 3+ (25%-75% positively stained cells), and 4+ (> 75% positively stained cells). All 15 PTCs (including 10 FV-PTCs) were CK19 positive: 14 were 4+ and 1 (FV-PTC) was 2+. All 20 FAs also were CK19 positive: 15 were 1+, 1 was 2+, 4 were 3+, and none was 4+. In the FAs that were scored 1+, reactivity usually was confined to follicular cells lining cystically dilated atrophic follicles that lacked the typical nuclear features of PTC. The remaining FAs showed more diffuse reactivity, which was, however, less intense than that observed in the PTCs. Thus, immunoreactivity for CK19 is not specific for PTC, although we acknowledge that the extent and intensity of staining are considerably greater in this tumor than in FA. There were no significant differences in staining for CK19 between nonneoplastic follicles adjacent to PTCs and those adjacent to FAs.
AB - To evaluate the expression of cytokeratin (CK) 19, we stained sections obtained from formalin-fixed, paraffin tissue blocks of 35 thyroid tumors (follicular adenoma [FA], 20; papillary thyroid carcinoma [PTC], 10 follicular variant [FV] and 5 usual type) and scored the extent of staining as follows: 1+ (<5% positively stained cells), 2+ (5%-25% positively stained cells), 3+ (25%-75% positively stained cells), and 4+ (> 75% positively stained cells). All 15 PTCs (including 10 FV-PTCs) were CK19 positive: 14 were 4+ and 1 (FV-PTC) was 2+. All 20 FAs also were CK19 positive: 15 were 1+, 1 was 2+, 4 were 3+, and none was 4+. In the FAs that were scored 1+, reactivity usually was confined to follicular cells lining cystically dilated atrophic follicles that lacked the typical nuclear features of PTC. The remaining FAs showed more diffuse reactivity, which was, however, less intense than that observed in the PTCs. Thus, immunoreactivity for CK19 is not specific for PTC, although we acknowledge that the extent and intensity of staining are considerably greater in this tumor than in FA. There were no significant differences in staining for CK19 between nonneoplastic follicles adjacent to PTCs and those adjacent to FAs.
KW - Cytokeratin 19
KW - Follicular adenoma
KW - Immunohistochemistry
KW - Papillary thyroid carcinoma
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U2 - 10.1309/6D9D-7JCM-X4T5-NNJY
DO - 10.1309/6D9D-7JCM-X4T5-NNJY
M3 - Article
C2 - 11710686
AN - SCOPUS:0035735719
SN - 0002-9173
VL - 116
SP - 696
EP - 702
JO - American journal of clinical pathology
JF - American journal of clinical pathology
IS - 5
ER -