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What does EMA stand for?

Epithelial Membrane Antigen


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Immunostains with glial fibrillary acidic protein ([GFAP] clone GAS; DBS), melanoma marker (clone HMB-45; DBS), epithelial membrane antigen ([EMA] clone GP1.
Immunohistochemistry demonstrated the sarcomatoid areas, including the squamous component, to be diffusely positive for cytokeratin, epithelial membrane antigen, and vimentin, whereas c-kit was diffusely negative in all of the areas-chromophobe, spindly sarcomatoid, and squamous elements.
14) [FIGURES 1-3 OMITTED] The classic immunohistochemical profile of ESTP includes positivity for epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) (Figure 3, D), collagen type IV, laminin, and vimentin and negativity for S100 protein.
2 (Figure 2, C), RCC antigen (Figure 2, D), CD10 (Figure 2, E), and epithelial membrane antigen (EMA).
The results of staining for cytokeratin (CK) 5/6, CK7, and epithelial membrane antigen were equivocal (figure 2, C).
Tumor cells are consistently immunopositive for cytokeratin (86%-95%), epithelial membrane antigen (93%-96%), desmin (90%-100%), vimentin (81%-97%), and neuron-specific enolase (72%-81%).
Immunohistochemically, the ductal component may stain positive for keratin, epithelial membrane antigen, and carcinoembryonic antigen.
Immunohistochemical detection of epithelial membrane antigen in normal perineurial cells and perineurioma.

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