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The term “Cytokeratin” is used to denote a wide spectrum antibody that is also referred to as a “Cytokeratin Cocktail” or “Pancytokeratin.”
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Some of the antibodies marketed as “Pancytokeratin” may in fact have activity against only a few cytokeratin peptides and, hence, may lead to false-negative results in some epithelial tumors.
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Because there was only one slide available in this case, we chose to stain it for cytokeratin because morphology was more suggestive of a carcinoma. Had there been additional slides, we would have used CD45 as well, to exclude a malignant lymphoma.
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(2007). Undifferentiated Neoplasms. In: Ganjei-Azar, P., Nadji, M. (eds) Color Atlas of Immunocytochemistry in Diagnostic Cytology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-32122-6_4
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