Immunohistochemistry and special stains in gastrointestinal pathology practice

Immunohistochemistry and special stains play an increasingly important role in gastrointestinal pathology practice. In neoplastic disorders they are used to confirm the diagnosis, identify prognostic/predictive features, and screen for an underlying genetic syndrome. In nonneoplastic disorders they can identify an infectious organism, clarify the inflammatory infiltrate present, and confirm a tissue deposition. In this review we discuss the most important and topical of these stains, especially ones which require special care in interpretation.
Source: Diagnostic Histopathology - Category: Pathology Authors: Tags: Mini-symposium: Gastrointestinal/Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Pathology Source Type: research