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All 13 cases of atypical squamous lesions (including one case of bronchial squamous dysplasia) were negative with the 8G7G3\/1 antibody, but 6\/13 cases of squamous carcinoma\/dysplasia showed positive nuclear labelling with the SP141 antibody in the same tissue biopsy. All 35 cases of adenocarcinoma of the lung were positive with both antibodies. For 12 cases of sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung, two cases were labelled with the 8G7G3\/1 antibody, whereas positive labelling of 4\/12 cases was observed with SP141. All 66 cases of epithelioid malignant mesothelioma were negative with both antibodies, but 8\/19 cases of sarcomatoid mesothelioma showed positive nuclear labelling with the SP141 antibody (0\/19 with 8G7G3\/1).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our findings indicate differences in the rates of positive and negative labelling with these two antibodies, and suggest the potential for misclassification of a proportion of squamous carcinomas of the lung as adenocarcinoma, and for misdiagnosis of some sarcomatoid mesotheliomas as sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung. If the results of SP141 are assigned overriding significance, our findings further indicate that in isolation, neither negative labelling with either 8G7G3\/1 or SP141 nor positive labelling with the SP141 MAb discriminates between sarcomatoid carcinoma and sarcomatoid mesothelioma, whereas positive labelling with the 8G7G3\/1 MAb favours a diagnosis of sarcomatoid carcinoma. The literature suggests that these seemingly \u2018aberrant\u2019 results with the SP141 antibody are not \u2018false\u2019 positives, but rather real detection of low levels of TTF-1 protein in a broader range of tumours than is widely recognised.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/jclinpath-2015-203184","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,17]],"date-time":"2015-08-17T22:29:01Z","timestamp":1439850541000},"page":"136-141","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":29,"title":["An immunohistochemical comparison of two TTF-1 monoclonal antibodies in atypical squamous lesions and sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung, and pleural malignant mesothelioma*"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"69","author":[{"given":"Sonja","family":"Klebe","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anatomical Pathology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia"},{"name":"Department of Surgical Pathology, SA Pathology at Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Adam","family":"Swalling","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgical Pathology, SA Pathology at Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lisa","family":"Jonavicius","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgical Pathology, SA Pathology at Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Douglas W","family":"Henderson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgical Pathology, SA Pathology at Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025112109574288000_69.2.136.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/PAI.0b013e31825439bc"},{"key":"2025112109574288000_69.2.136.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5858\/arpa.2012-0263-RA"},{"key":"2025112109574288000_69.2.136.3","first-page":"1","article-title":"Guidelines for pathologic diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma: 2012 update of the consensus statement from the International Mesothelioma Interest Group","volume":"136","author":"Husain","year":"2012","journal-title":"Arch Pathol Lab Med"},{"key":"2025112109574288000_69.2.136.4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/PAI.0b013e3181bdf4e7"},{"key":"2025112109574288000_69.2.136.5","unstructured":"Scorer PW , Pinkney M , McIntosh GG . 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