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Mesothelial hyperplasia with reactive atypia: diagnostic pitfalls and role of immunohistochemical studies-a case
A Lee1, Z W Baloch, G Yu
1Division of Cytopathology and Cytometry, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Abstract:
The cytomorphologic features of highly reactive mesothelial cells can be difficult to distinguish from malignant cells. We report on an unusual case of mesothelial hyperplasia in a pericardial effusion. The specimen contained bizarre-shaped cells and large tissue fragments in a patient with a history of lung carcinoma. The atypical cells were negative for CEA and LeuM-1 and positive for cytokeratins (AE1/3) and HBME-1. Strong HBME-1 positivity supported a mesothelial origin of the atypical cells and led to the diagnosis of reactive mesothelium. While HBME-1 cannot be used as the sole marker to establish an mesothelial origin; its use in a immunohistochemistry panel may be useful in individual cases to distinguish reactive mesothelial cells from carcinoma in effusion cytology. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2000;22:113-116.
