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Stains
HBME

Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.

Topic Completed: 1 June 2005

Revised: 6 March 2019

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Definition / general | Microscopic (histologic) images

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Definition / general

Also called HBME-1
Marker of mesothelial cells, named after laboratory of Dr. Hector Battifora and MEsothelioma
Also positive in various thyroid carcinomas

Microscopic (histologic) images

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Contributed by Andrey Bychkov, M.D., Ph.D.:

Tumor interface

Striking membranous staining

Strong membranous HBME-1 immunoreactivity

Strong HBME-1 immunoreactivity with apical membrane accentuation