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Characteristic immunohistochemical staining patterns for undifferentiated neoplasms

Characteristic immunohistochemical staining patterns for undifferentiated neoplasms
Neoplasm Cytokeratin EMA LCA S-100 Desmin/ vimentin* OCT 4/ HCG/ AFP/ PLAP* Chromogranin/ synaptophysin
Carcinoma + + - S - S S
Melanoma -, R - - + + - -
Sarcoma - S - - + - -
Lymphoma - -, R + - - - -
Neuroendocrine carcinoma + + - - - - +
Germ cell tumor -, R - - - - + -
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EMA: epithelial membrane antigen; LCA: leukocyte common antigen; S-100: S-100 protein; HCG: human chorionic gonadotrophin; AFP: alpha-fetoprotein; PLAP: placental leukocyte alkaline phosphatase; +: positive; -: negative; S: sometimes positive; R: rare positive cells.
* Positive for one or more of these markers.
Modified from: Dabbs DJ. Immunohistology of metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary. In: Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry, 2nd ed, Dabbs DJ (Ed), Churchill Livingstone, Pittsburgh 2006. p.180.
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