Background: Low-grade oncocytic tumour (LOT) is an emerging entity describing a slow growing with morphologic features overlapping between chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (ChRCC) and oncocytoma, staining positive for cytokeratin-7 negative CD117 (c-kit). This has been recently recognised in the WHO classification of tumours 5th edition 2022. Presentation: In this case report, we present 77-yea...

Cytokeratins (CK or CKs) are the largest complex group of IF proteins. These are proteins, that are crucial in the development and differentiation of epithelial cells, as well as essential for normal tissue structure and function. The first keratin protein nomenclature was published by Moll et al. (1982) and it has been repeatedly updated in recent years (Schweizer et al., 2006). Based on the r...

CONTEXT Barrett's esophagus is characterized by the presence of goblet cells. However, when alcian-blue is utilized, another type of cells, called columnar blue cells, is frequently present in the distal esophagus of patients with endoscopic evidence of Barrett's esophagus. Cytokeratin 7 and 20 immunoreactivity has been previously studied in areas of intestinal metaplasia at the esophagogastric...

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is the most common malignant salivary gland tumor, composed of several different cell types, with controversial histogenesis. The aim of this study was to assess the expression of cytokeratins in mucoepidermoid carcinoma, comparing to cytokeratin expression in normal salivary glands, in order to establish a possible correlation between tumor cells immunostaining and muc...

Cytokeratin positive cells are frequently found in the blood (BL) and bone marrow (BM) of patients with epithelial cancers attributed to metastasis. We document here reproducible presence (ECs) normal human murine BL BM. used four different methods: immunofluorescence microscopy (IF), Krt1-14;mTmG transgenic mice, rtPCR, flow cytometry. To this end, we have made several novel interesting findin...

BACKGROUND The vast majority of uterine cervical malignancies are primary carcinomas, and secondary neoplasms that metastasize to the uterine cervix from a distant organ are uncommon. Although relatively rare, metastases to the uterine cervix from a primary colon cancer have been reported. We report a rare case of metastatic carcinoma originating from a cecal adenocarcinoma with an unusual cyto...

PURPOSE Targeted therapy increases survival and the quality of life of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients but it needs precise histological subtyping. The present study evaluated 6 monoclonal antibodies for the differential diagnosis of NSCLC on small-sized tissue samples. METHODS 50 small-sized tissue samples were obtained by bronchoscopy or fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). Acc...

Background and Objective: Nasal polyp is the most common benign mass of the nasal cavity and it is originated from nasal cavity or sinuses. Cytokeratins (CK) are intermediate filament proteins that provide mechanical support in epithelial cells. The purpose of this study was to compare the expression of cytokeratin 7 in epithelium of nasal polyps and nasal mucosa in chronic rhinosinusitis. Mate...