The expression of vimentin in Reed-Sternberg cells in 61 samples of Hodgkin's disease (HD) was examined using an avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex technique. Forty biopsies (66%) expressed vimentin, and expression was seen in all subtypes of HD. No immunophenotypic differences between vimentin-positive and vimentin-negative cases were noted. The significance of such expression is unclear, but may be related to the alterations in growth and differentiation that are typical of neoplastic cells.
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ST BARTHOLOMEWS HOSP,IMPERIAL CANC RES FUND,DEPT MED ONCOL,LONDON EC1A 7BE,ENGLANDST BARTHOLOMEWS HOSP,IMPERIAL CANC RES FUND,DEPT MED ONCOL,LONDON EC1A 7BE,ENGLAND
HALL, PA
DARDENNE, AJ
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