Claudin 4 identifies a wide spectrum of epithelial neoplasms and represents a very useful marker for carcinoma versus mesothelioma diagnosis in pleural and peritoneal biopsies and effusions
Facchetti F, Lonardi S, Gentili F, Bercich L, Falchetti M, Tardanico R, Baronchelli C, Lucini L, Santin A, Murer B. Claudin 4 identifies a wide spectrum of epithelial neoplasms and represents a very useful marker for carcinoma versus mesothelioma diagnosis in pleural and peritoneal biopsies and effusions. Virchows Archiv 2007, 451: 669-680. PMID: 17609977, DOI: 10.1007/s00428-007-0448-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnosis of mesotheliomaSpindle cell neoplasmCell neoplasmsEpithelial neoplasmsFollicular dendritic cell sarcomaDendritic cell sarcomaBiphasic synovial sarcomaNeoplastic mesothelial cellsMetastatic tumor cellsSerosal metastasisPeritoneal biopsiesReactive effusionsMetastatic carcinomaSynovial sarcomaPrimary carcinomaCell sarcomaMesotheliomaMesothelial cellsMesothelioma diagnosisReactive mesotheliumUseful markerCarcinomaClaudin-4NeoplasmsCytological samples