Related Experiment Video
Updated: May 6, 2026
Chromogenic In Situ Hybridization as a Tool for HPV-Related Head and Neck Cancer Diagnosis
Published on: June 14, 2019
Value of immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis of malignant cervical lymph nodes
Décio de Natale Caly1, Abrão Rapoport, Otávio Alberto Curioni
1Hospital Heliópolis, São Paulo.
Unlabelled:
The cervical lymph nodes are relevant due to the diversity of clinical entities. The use of immunohistochemistry is a real method to elucidate the diagnosis of adenopathy, both primary and metastatic neoplasms.
Objective:
To assess the value of immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis of cervical lymph nodes malignancies.
Method:
Retrospective study of the database histopathological specimens from 2009 to 2011.
Results:
Out of 32 biopsies of cervical lymph nodes, in 16 (50%) the immunohistochemistry was employed, being 68.75% (11) in hematological neoplasms and 31.25% (5) in carcinomas. It was used in all cases of lymphoma.
Conclusion:
The immunohistochemistry was used in 50% of the biopsies of lymph nodes under suspicion of malignancy, being 31.25% in epithelial lesions and 68.75% in lymphoproliferative lesions.
