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Immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis of soft tissue tumours
Author(s) -
Coindre J M
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
histopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.626
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1365-2559
pISSN - 0309-0167
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2003.01639.x
Subject(s) - immunohistochemistry , soft tissue , pathology , medicine , biology
Immunohistochemistry is particularly important in the field of soft tissue tumours because of their variety and the frequent difficulty of diagnosis. The first part of this paper discusses useful or new antibodies, together with others that are no longer of use. The second part is devoted to the role of immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis of soft tissue tumours: identification of some rare or atypical benign lesions, identification of non‐mesenchymal malignant tumours, and classification of sarcomas. The respective roles of immunohistochemistry and molecular biology are underlined.