APPLICATION OF HMB－45 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AND S100 PROTEIN IN THE IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL DIAGNOSIS OF MELANOMA

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APPLICATION OF HMB-45 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AND S100 PROTEIN IN THE IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL DIAGNOSIS OF MELANOMA

We tested a variety of fixed embedded sections of malignant tumors with HMB-45 MoAband S-100 polyclonal antibody.The results showed that RMB-45 was a highly sensitive and specificantibody for recongnizing melanoma on fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections, it reacted with 96.6percent of melanomas tested(all primary and 6 of 7 metastatic lesions)Both pigmented and nonpigmeated melanomas were recongnized.Malignant tumors of epithelial,lymphoid and mesenchymal origin were all negative.Although antibody to S-100 protien quite sensitive,it was not melanome-specific and it reached with all melanomas including the one metastatic melanoma that did not react withHMB-45,it we also positive in one of five lymphomas and one of three sarcomas.AdditionallyHMB-45 reacted with junctional nevi and componentes of compound neai and not with intradermalnevi and the dermal components of compound nevi.