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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Vet Pathol. 2011 Apr 26;49(4):636–641. doi: 10.1177/0300985811406890

Table 1.

Pleural and Abdominal Endometriosis and Normal Endometrium: Immunohistochemistry Results

Marker Pleural Endometriosis
Normal Endometriosis
Abdominal Endometriosis
Epithelium
Stroma
Epithelium
Stroma
Epithelium
Stroma
INTa DISb INT DIS INT DIS INT DIS INT DIS INT DIS
Cytokeratin +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ + +
Vimentin ++ ++ +++ +++ ++ +++ ++ ++ ++ +++
Progesterone Receptor + +++ +++ +++ +++ ++ + ++ +++ +++ +++ +++
Estrogen Receptor + + + ++ +++ +++ ++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++
Calretinin ++ + +++ ++ +++ +
Carcinoembryonic antigen
Desmin
a

Intensity score: +++, strong; ++, moderate; +, weak; −, absent.

b

Distribution score: +++, ≥75%; ++, 25–75%; +, ≤25%; −, 0%.