TY - JOUR
T1 - Ploidy and imprinting in hydatidiform moles
T2 - Complementary use of flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry of the imprinted gene product p57 KIP2 to assist molar classification
AU - Genest, David R.
AU - Dorfman, David M.
AU - Castrillon, Diego H.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the combination of flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry for p57 expression is useful for the pathologic classification of diagnostically challenging hydatidiform moles. STUDY DESIGN: Six probable hydatidiform moles that were difficult to classify pathologically were reevaluated by histology, flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry for p57. RESULTS: In all cases, the pathologic diagnoses were easily resolved: two cases were partial moles (triploid, p57 positive), two cases were early complete moles (diploid, p57 negative), and two cases were twin gestations with normal villi (diploid, p57 positive) admixed with villi from a complete hydatidiform mole (diploid, p57 negative). CONCLUSION: Immunostaining for the paternally imprinted, maternally expressed p57 gene product is a practical and accurate adjunct to flow cytometry in the pathologic classification of hydatidiform moles.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the combination of flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry for p57 expression is useful for the pathologic classification of diagnostically challenging hydatidiform moles. STUDY DESIGN: Six probable hydatidiform moles that were difficult to classify pathologically were reevaluated by histology, flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry for p57. RESULTS: In all cases, the pathologic diagnoses were easily resolved: two cases were partial moles (triploid, p57 positive), two cases were early complete moles (diploid, p57 negative), and two cases were twin gestations with normal villi (diploid, p57 positive) admixed with villi from a complete hydatidiform mole (diploid, p57 negative). CONCLUSION: Immunostaining for the paternally imprinted, maternally expressed p57 gene product is a practical and accurate adjunct to flow cytometry in the pathologic classification of hydatidiform moles.
KW - Flow cytometry
KW - Genetic imprinting
KW - Hydatidiform mole
KW - Immunohistochemistry
KW - P57
KW - Ploidies
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M3 - Article
C2 - 12063872
AN - SCOPUS:0036107410
SN - 0024-7758
VL - 47
SP - 342
EP - 346
JO - Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist
JF - Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist
IS - 5
ER -