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#2129 Phosphohistone H3 (PHH3) Immunohistochemical Staining Outperforms Conventional H&E Mitotic Count in Classifying Pulmonary Carcinoids

Introduction: Pulmonary carcinoids (PC) are well-differentiated NETs and are classified as typical carcinoid (TC) and atypical carcinoid (AC). Despite the fact that TC and AC exhibit significant differences in patient survival, their classification depends on relatively subtle differences in mitotic count (MC). Although careful counting of mitotic figures (MF) is essential, it is a very subjective task, time-consuming and lacks of sensitivity and interobserver reproducibility, due to selection bias of the hot spots, heterogeneous distribution of MF, difficulty in distinguishing MF from similar chromatin changes (i.e. in apoptotic cells or due to crush, karyorrhectic debris, pyknosis or apoptosis).

Conference: 15th Annual ENETSConcerence (2018)

Presenting Author: Luong T

Authors: Luong T, McCaughran W, Caplin M, Toumpanakis C, Thirlwell C,

Keywords: Phosphohistone H3, Pulmonary Carcinoids, Typical Carcinoid, Atypical Carcinoid, Mitotic Count, H&E,