Posts Tagged ‘immunohistochemistry’
RECURRENT MELANOMA
HISTORY 70-year-old woman presents with metastatic melanoma in the right parotid gland region of 1 year duration. Diagnosis was made with a core needle biopsy on 09-08-17. Patient also has small palpable right cervical lymph nodes with SUV 1.6 and 2.0. Patient history of melanoma began in 2001 as a pink macule of the…
Read MoreNew Melanoma Staining: SOX10 and MiTF
S-100, tyrosinase, Melan A, and HMB 45 have been the workhorses of melanocyte histopathology. A new immunohistochemical stain, SOX10, has recently been shown to be a useful marker in the diagnosis of melanocytic tumors. It is strongly expressed by desmoplastic melanoma and is less likely to be expressed by background fibrocytes and histiocytes. Sry-related HMG-BOX…
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