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Value of the Mesothelium-Associated Antibodies Thrombomodulin, Cytokeratin 5/6, Calretinin, and CD44H in Distinguishing Epithelioid Pleural Mesothelioma from Adenocarcinoma Metastatic to the Pleura

P M Cury, D N Butcher, C Fisher, B Corrin and A G Nicholson

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TABLE 1. Expression of Mesothelioma-Associated Antibodies in Epithelioid Pleural Mesotheliomas and Metastatic Adenocarcinomas to the Pleura

 ThrombomodulinCytokeratin 5/6CD44HCalretinin (Cytoplasmic)Calretinin (Nuclear)
 0++++++0++++++0++++++0++++++0++++++
Mesothelioma6151822568424914164793147931
 total: 55/61 (90%)total: 56/61 (92%)total: 39/43 (91%)total: 47/51 (92%)total: 47/51 (92%)
Adenocarcinoma515525451333613836481158100
 total: 12/63 (19%)total: 9/63 (14%)total: 27/60 (45%)total: 23/59 (39%)total: 1/59 (2%)

 0, negative; +, 1 to 10%; ++, 11 to 50%; +++, >50%.

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