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JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS PATHOLOGY
卷 48, 期 9, 页码 1115-1123出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/cup.14000
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immunocytochemistry; malignant melanoma; melanocytic lesions; melanocytic neoplasms; PRAME
PRAME immunohistochemistry shows high specificity in unequivocal melanomas, with potential utility in distinguishing benign from malignant neoplasms. PRAME positivity is more common in neoplasms favored to be malignant, suggesting a potential role in early diagnosis of melanoma. Additional studies are needed to determine optimal utilization and the potential of hotspot staining to increase sensitivity.
Background PRAME (PReferentially expressed Antigen in Melanoma) immunohistochemistry has demonstrated high specificity for unequivocal melanomas; however, its utility in ambiguous melanocytic neoplasms has yet to be fully elucidated. Methods Cases of challenging melanocytic neoplasms were subclassified into one of three categories: challenging, favor benign (FB), challenging, cannot be subclassified (CCS), or challenging, favor malignant (FM). Using a previously published system, whereby cases with diffuse staining (>75%) were considered positive, scoring of PRAME was performed. Additionally, tumors with hotspot staining were also considered positive. Results Sixteen out of 85 tumors showed positive staining representing 5% of FB tumors, 24% of CCS tumors, and 47% of FM. In FB and CCS tumors, positive staining was mainly encountered in atypical intraepidermal melanocytic proliferations and spitzoid neoplasms. The specificity of positive PRAME staining was 95% and its concordance with the final diagnostic interpretation was 75%. Conclusions PRAME positivity is more common in neoplasms favored to be malignant by histopathologic evaluation. Its clinical utility may include early diagnosis of incipient melanoma in situ. Rarely, benign melanocytic neoplasms could show diffuse expression of PRAME, and additional studies are needed to determine optimal utilization. Lastly, hotspot staining may increase its sensitivity without much compromise in specificity.
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