A Note of Caution: Variable Cytokeratin Staining in Sentinel Node Metastases

We report 2 cases of metastatic carcinoma demonstrating negative staining for AE1/AE3. This observation highlights a rare but potential pitfall to this commonly used strategy in assessing sentinel lymph node biopsies in breast cancer.

Source: International Journal of Surgical Pathology - August 31, 2015 Category: Pathology Authors: Zeng, J., Alexander, M. A., Nimeh, D., Darvishian, F. Tags: Pitfalls in Pathology Source Type: research