We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
Diagnosis of primary breast carcinoma through immunohistochemical detection of antigen related to mouse mammary tumor virus in metastatic lesions: a report of two cases.
- Authors
Mesa-Tejada, Ricardo; Oster, Martin W.; Fenoglio, Cecilia M.; Magidson, James; Spiegelman, Sol; Mesa-Tejada, R; Oster, M W; Fenoglio, C M; Magidson, J; Spiegelman, S
- Abstract
Recent investigations have established that approximately half of human breast carcinomas contain an immunohistochemically detectable antigen which is cross-reactive with the 52000-dalton major glycoprotein (gp52) of the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV). This antigen can be localized in paraffin-embedded sections of routinely fixed tissues using heterologous antibodies to gp52 or MMTV. This report describes two patients with metastatic carcinoma in axillary lymph nodes without any clinical evidence of a primary lesion in the breast or elsewhere. The localization of the gp52-related antigen in paraffin-embedded sections of both metastatic lesions suggested the presence of primary mammary carcinoma. In both instances, this suggestion was ultimately confirmed by the finding of primary lesions in which the gp52-related antigen was also found.
- Publication
Cancer (0008543X), 1982, Vol 49, Issue 2, p261
- ISSN
0008-543X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/1097-0142(19820115)49:2<261::AID-CNCR2820490211>3.0.CO;2-3