title: Immunohistochemical diagnosis of sinonasal melanoma, carcinoma, and neuroblastoma with monoclonal antibodies HMB-45 and anti-synaptophysin.
abstract: The efficacy of two new monoclonal antibodies with cell lineage-restricted reactivity (HMB-45 [melanocytes] and anti-synaptophysin [neuroepithelial cells]) was compared with that of "traditional" antibody panels in the delineation of malignant melanoma (MM) of the sinonasal region, nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), and olfactory neuroblastoma (ONBL). HMB-45 recognized all of eight melanomas and stained one of five neuroblastomas, but failed to label any of 12 cases of NPC. All examples of ONBL were stained by anti-synaptophysin; other tumors were nonreactive with this reagent. A panel of antibodies to cytokeratin, vimentin, epithelial membrane antigen, and S100 protein was also effective in discriminating between MM, NPC and ONBL. These results suggest that HMB-45 and anti-synaptophysin are comparable in utility to more extended antibody panels in the diagnosis of sinonasal malignancies, but only if used in combination with one another.
authors: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis.
authors: M R
authors: MR
authors: Wick
authors: S J
authors: SJ
authors: Stanley
authors: P E
authors: PE
authors: Swanson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009830:Olfactory Bulb; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; C055974:anti-synaptophysin