TTF-1 and surfactant-B as co-adjuvants in the diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma and pleural mesothelioma.
Primary lung adenocarcinomas and metastatic adenocarcinomas may show a great morphologic resemblance to malignant mesothelioma. There are numerous immunohistochemical markers being used, but none of them were proved to be effective enough to reach a certain diagnosis. The current study was performed to evaluate the utility of thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1) and surfactant protein-B (SP-B) expression in the differential diagnosis between lung adenocarcinomas and pleural mesotheliomas. In this retrospective study, TTF-1 and SP-B were applied to 30 cases with adenocarcinoma and 15 cases with pleural mesothelioma, immunohistochemically, using an avidin-biotin detection system. Twenty percent of adenocarcinomas and 13.3% of pleural mesothelioma stained positive for SP-B. TTF-1 stained 24 of the 30 adenocarcinomas (80%) and none of the 15 mesotheliomas (0%). TTF-1 positivity in adenocarcinomas was found to be statistically significant, while SP-B had no important practical value either used alone or in combination with TTF-1. There was no statistically significant correlation between the differentiation level of adenocarcinomas and TTF-1 staining pattern. In conclusion, we believe that TTF-1 may be helpful in distinguishing lung adenocarcinoma from pleural mesothelioma.
Bakir
Kemal
K
Department of Pathology, Gaziantep University, School of Medicine, Turkey. kbakir@hotmail.com
Koçer
N Emrah
NE
Deniz
Hale
H
Güldür
M Emin
ME
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D037701:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein B / Q000378:metabolism*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D000074482:Thyroid Nuclear Factor 1; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; C000614412:NKX2-1 protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D037701:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein B; D000074482:Thyroid Nuclear Factor 1; D014157:Transcription Factors