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The expression of Ca antigen in normal, hyperplastic and neoplastic endometrium
Author(s) -
FERGUSON A. M.,
FOX H.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb03685.x
Subject(s) - immunoperoxidase , endometrium , hyperplasia , antigen , atypia , endometrial hyperplasia , pathology , adenocarcinoma , medicine , cancer , immunology , antibody , monoclonal antibody
Summary. The expression of Ca antigen in normal, hyperplastic and neoplastic endometria has been studied by an immunoperoxidase technique. Ca antigen was frequently detectable in normal secretory endometrium, was found only rarely in cystic glandular hyperplasia or hyperplasia with architectural atypia, was expressed with moderate frequency in hyperplasia with cytological atypia and was invariably present in endometrial adenocarcinoma. It is concluded that the Ca antigen is of no discriminatory value in differentiating between hyperplastic and neoplastic conditions of the endometrium.