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. 1989 Nov;135(5):939–945.

Prognostic value of the immunocytochemical detection of extramural venous invasion in Dukes' C colorectal adenocarcinomas. A preliminary study.

G Lapertosa 1, P Baracchini 1, E Fulcheri 1, R Tanzi 1
PMCID: PMC1880106  PMID: 2817085

Abstract

In postsurgical staging of colorectal adenocarcinomas, it is sometimes difficult to determine the range of possible venous spread. Distinguishing between the extramural veins (especially when the neoplastic embolus takes up the whole lumen and the endothelium cannot be identified) and the smallest extramural lymph nodes (when they are completely replaced by metastatic carcinoma, leaving the capsule alone) is also difficult. This work proposes a more precise definition of true venous invasion to improve histopathologic staging. Immunohistochemical techniques employing commercial antibodies against Factor VIII RAG, with and without enzymatic digestion, and UEA I lectin for residual endothelium detection, were applied, as well as antibodies against vimentin, desmin, and alpha sm-1 actin to detect wall components. The immunohistochemical evaluation of colorectal adenocarcinomas, in particular by anti-alpha sm-1 actin antibodies, permitted a reliable morphologic distinction of the true venous invasion. This factor proved to be relevant for survival rate prediction.

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