Markers/Staining Flashcards by Jia Yi

Vimentin

Connective Tissue

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Desmin

Muscle

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Cytokeratin

Epithelial Cells

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GFAP

Neuroglia

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Neurofilament

Neurons

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Giemsa

Chlamydia, Borrelia, Rickettsiae, Trypanosomes, Plasmodium

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PAS

gylcogen, mucopolysaccharides
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei)

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Ziehl-Neelsen

Acid-Fast

Nocardia, Mycobacterium

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India Ink

Cyrptococcus neoformans

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Silver (Grocott) Stain

Fungi, Leigonella, H. pylori

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ALP

metastasis to bone, liver, Paget disease of bone, seminoma

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alpha-Fetoprotein

hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatoblastoma, yolk sac tumor, testicular cancer, mixed germ cell tumor

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beta-hCG

hydatidiform moles, choriocarcinomas, testicular cancer

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CA-15-3/CA-27-29

breast cancer

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CA-19-9

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma

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CA-125

ovarian cancer

calcitonin

medullary thyroid carcinoma

carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)

nonspecific

colorectal, pancreatic, gastric, breast, medullary thyroid

PSA

follow prostate adenocarcinoma, BPH and prostatitis

S-100

neural crest origin

melanoma, schwannomas, Langerhans cell histiocytosis

TRAP

tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase

hairy cell leukemia (B cell)

CEA

marker for colorectal cancer

monitoring, not screening