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. 2024 May 9;16(5):e59962. doi: 10.7759/cureus.59962

Table 4. Specificities of patient's peritoneal biopsy diagnostic down-regulated markers.

EpMM: epithelioid malignant mesothelioma; PM: peritoneal mesothelioma; HGSOC: high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma; MM: malignant mesothelioma

*Specific for malignancy of mesothelial origin and MM when comparing to similar diagnoses (i.e. adenocarcinoma and HGSOC)

Present markers  PM  EpMM 
Paired box gene 8 (PAX8) 6-18% 
MOC31  0-10% 
BerEp4  0-10% 
BRCA1-associated protein 1 (BAP1) 100%*  100%*