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Elastic Staining on Paraffin-embedded Slides of pT3N0M0 Gastric Cancer Tissue
Published on: May 1, 2019
Expression of elastic fiber in esophageal squamous carcinoma tissue
Akshay Chandra Deka1, Vidhya Srinivasan, Ananta Madhab Dutta
1Department of Pathology, Assam Down Town University, Panikhaiti, Guwahati, Assam, India.
Aim:
We studied the expression of elastic fiber in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma tissue in North-eastern Indian population.
Materials And Methods:
Archival paraffin embedded 40 esophageal carcinoma specimens were retrieved for the study. Only smokers were included in the study. Verhoeff's stain for elastic fiber was performed to demonstrate elastic fiber with positive and negative control.
Result:
A total of 28 (70%) tissue specimens was found to be positive for elastic fiber.
Conclusion:
Elastosis in esophageal carcinoma may be due to smoking. Further studies are required to rule out the etiology.
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