Jham Special Stains and Markers Flashcards
α1 antichymotrypsin
Histiocytes
α subunit of S-100
Melanoma and neural tumors
AE1/AE3
LOW molecular weight keratin
Actin
smooth muscle (oh good, its a leio)
Stains Acidic mucopolysaccharides blue
Alcian blue
Bcl-1
Mantle cell lymphoma (along with Cyclin-D1)
Bcl-2
T and B-cells, follicular lymphoma, SFT
Ber-EP4
+ in BCC, - in ameloblastoma
What pigment is affected by bleach?
melanin. Hemosiderin remains
What in the world is a Bodian stain?
Stain for axons (neurofibroma) - axons stain magenta in a neuroma and bundles stain in a NF
Brown and Brenn
microorganisms: actinomycosis
Basement membrane of lupus
C3
Calponin
smooth muscle specific proteins ( good for myoepithelial cells)
CAM5.2
LOW molecular weight keratin
C-ANCA - what is it now known as?
cytoplasmic anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies
Indirect immunofluorescence test for Wegner Granulomatosis, now known as Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
now known as: PR3-ANCA for proteinase-3
Should also order ELISA for PR3
P-ANCA - What is it know known as?
Perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies
Now known as MPO-ANCA (myeloperoxidase)
CDX2
intestinal epithelium (intestinal adenocarcinoma)
CD1a
LCH
CD3
T-cell specific (+ in ALCL)
CD4 (two positive conditions)
mycosis fungoides, Angioummunoblastic T-cell lymphoma