Evaluation of nucleolar organizer region-associated proteins in endometrial pathology.
In the current study the argyrophil staining technique for NOR proteins (Ag-NORs) has been performed on cases of different endometrial lesions, trying to find an aid in differentiating atypical hyperplasia from well differentiated carcinoma in biopsy specimens. We conclude that the Ag-NOR count, even though in endometrial carcinoma is significantly exceeding that of atypical hyperplastic endometrium, could be a misleading discriminator, because of a wide overlap of values in individual cases.
Mauri
M F
MF
Department of Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology, Ospedale Civile Bollate, Italy.
Fibbi
M L
ML
Lo Re
V
V
Albertoni
M
M
Canevini
P
P
D002277:Carcinoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D004717:Endometrium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000378:metabolism; D009697:Nucleolus Organizer Region / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D016622:Silver Staining
D011506:Proteins