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Table 1 Antibodies used for immunohistochemical staining and its results

From: Mesonephric adenocarcinoma with a sarcomatous component, a notable subtype of cervical carcinosarcoma: a case report and review of the literature

Antigen

Antibodies

Results

 

Clone

Source

Dilution

Biopsy

Hysterectomy

     

Adenoca.

Sarscomatous component

AE1/AE3

AE1/AE3

Dako, Glostrup, Denmark

1: 50

+

+++

-

CAM5.2

CAM5.2

BD Biosciences, California, USA

1: 2

ND*

+++

-

vimentin

V9

Dako

1: 100

+++

-

+++

ER

SP1

Roche Diagnostics, Basel, Switzerland

1: 1

-

-

-

PgR

1E2

Roche Diagnostics

1: 1

-

-

-

AR

AR441

Dako

1: 50

ND*

-

-

CD10

56C6

Leica Microsystems, Newcastle, UK

1: 40

-

++

++

calretinin

5A5

Leica Microsystems

1: 100

-

+

-

  1. ND*, not done.
  2. Immunopositivity was semi-quantitatively assessed as follows: 3+, more than 10% of the tumor cells positive; 2+, 1-10% of the tumor cells positive; 1+, less than 1% tumor cells positive; no tumor cell staining was considered negative.