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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2017; 38(04): 430-433
DOI: 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_148_16
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Utility of Cluster of Differentiation 5 and Cluster of Differentiation 117 Immunoprofile in Distinguishing Thymic Carcinoma from Pulmonary Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Study on 1800 Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Cases

Vidya Jha
Department of Pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Preeti Sharma
Department of Pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Ashish Mandal
Department of Pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

Background: Mediastinum harbors a mixed bag of neoplastic lesions with varied therapeutic and prognostic implications. Distinguishing pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma from thymic carcinoma is a challenging task owing to rather nonspecific clinicoradiological features and a considerable overlap in histomorphological features. Thus, we evaluated the diagnostic utility of cluster of differentiation 5 (CD5) and CD117 immunohistochemical markers in distinguishing these tumors. Materials and Methods: The archives of department of histopathology were retrospectively reviewed from June 2012 to May 2016. Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded blocks of 1800 cases diagnosed as nonsmall cell lung carcinoma were retrieved, and immunohistochemical expression of CD5 and CD117 was evaluated in these cases. Results: Adenocarcinoma (980; 54.44%) was the mostcommon histological subtype of lung carcinoma observed in our study. CD117 was positive in 171 out of 1800 cases (9.5%) of which 120 cases (70.17%) were adenocarcinoma, followed by 40 cases (23.4%) of squamous cell carcinoma. Immunoreactivity for CD5 was observed in 209 cases (11.61%), 200 (95.7%) cases of which were diagnosed as adenocarcinoma. None of the cases diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma on histomorphology showed CD5 immunoexpression. Conclusion: While thymic squamous cell carcinomas are well known for CD5 and CD117 coexpression, none of the cases of squamous cell carcinoma arising in lung express CD5. These markers are a diagnostic tool to distinguish a primary lung squamous cell carcinoma from thymic carcinoma, particularly in the setting of a central pulmonary lesion with mediastinal involvement.

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Cluster of differentiation 117 - cluster of differentiation 5 - nonsmall cell lung cancer - thymic carcinoma


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04 July 2021

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