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Emmanuel T, Brent MB, Iversen L, Johansen C. Quantification of Immunohistochemically Stained Cells in Skin Biopsies. Dermatopathology (Basel) 2022; 9:82-93. [PMID: 35466240 PMCID: PMC9036306 DOI: 10.3390/dermatopathology9020011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Immunohistochemical quantification of inflammatory cells in skin biopsies is a valuable tool for diagnosing skin diseases and assessing treatment response. The quantification of individual cells in biopsies is time-consuming, tedious, and difficult. In this study, we presented and compared two methods for the quantification of CD8+ T cells in skin biopsies from patients with psoriasis using both commercial software (Adobe Photoshop) and open-source software (Qupath). In addition, we provided a detailed, step-by-step description of both methods. The methods are scalable by replacing the CD8 antibody with other antibodies to target different cells. Moreover, we investigated the correlation between quantifying CD8+ cells normalized to area or epidermal length and cell classifications, compared cell classifications in QuPath with threshold classifications in Photoshop, and analyzed the impact of data normalization to epidermal length or area on inflammatory cell densities in skin biopsies from patients with psoriasis. We found a satisfactory correlation between normalizing data to epidermal length and area for psoriasis skin. However, when non-lesional and lesional skin samples were compared, a significant underestimation of inflammatory cell density was found when data were normalized to area instead of epidermal length. Finally, Bland–Altman plots comparing Qupath and Photoshop to quantify inflammatory cell density demonstrated a good agreement between the two methods.
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Affiliation(s)
- Thomas Emmanuel
- Department of Dermatology, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8200 Aarhus, Denmark; (L.I.); (C.J.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark;
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- Department of Dermatology, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8200 Aarhus, Denmark; (L.I.); (C.J.)
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- Department of Dermatology, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8200 Aarhus, Denmark; (L.I.); (C.J.)
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Drabent P, Polivka L, Agopian J, Duong Van Huyen JP, Thiebaut PA, Dubreuil P, Hermine O, Molina TJ, Fraitag S. Establishing diagnostic criteria for mastocytosis in skin biopsies. Histopathology 2021; 80:501-514. [PMID: 34637148 DOI: 10.1111/his.14573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
AIMS The diagnosis of mastocytosis in skin biopsies can be challenging - particularly in cases with very few mast cells. More diagnostic criteria are needed. METHODS AND RESULTS We analyzed 103 skin biopsies from patients with mastocytosis and compared them with biopsies from inflammatory skin lesions and normal skin. Using CD117 immunostaining, we determined the mast cell distribution pattern, the percentage of mast cells in the inflammatory infiltrate, and the mast cell count per mm². We found that a sheet-like or subepidermal distribution of mast cells was specific for mastocytosis. The most significant feature was the percentage of mast cells and not the mast cell count. We found that a mast cell percentage above 40% was fully specific in both adults and children but lacked sensitivity, especially in adults. In children, all cases with a percentage below 40% harbored a number of mast cells above 90 per mm², allowing a straightforward diagnosis. In adults, the diagnosis was more challenging and cases with less than 40% of mast cells could be diagnosed on account of a number of mast cells above 40 per mm², with 88.5% sensitivity and 95.2% specificity. Additional signs might be useful in difficult cases. However, CD25 immunostaining was not useful. CONCLUSIONS We confirmed that the criteria currently applied in the bone marrow were not appropriate for the skin. Accordingly, we developed an algorithm for the diagnosis of mastocytosis in skin biopsies with a high level of interrater reproducibility (mean kappa 0.8).
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Affiliation(s)
- Philippe Drabent
- Department of Pathology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.,Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Department of Dermatology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.,Centre de Référence des Mastocytoses (CEREMAST), Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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- CRCM [Signaling, Hematopoiesis and Mechanism of Oncogenesis, CEREMAST, AFIRMM], Inserm U1068, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Aix-Marseille University, UM105, CNRS UMR7258, Marseille, France
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- Department of Pathology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.,Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- CRCM [Signaling, Hematopoiesis and Mechanism of Oncogenesis, CEREMAST, AFIRMM], Inserm U1068, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Aix-Marseille University, UM105, CNRS UMR7258, Marseille, France
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- Centre de Référence des Mastocytoses (CEREMAST), Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.,Université de Paris, Paris, France.,Department of Hematology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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- Department of Pathology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.,Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Pathology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.,Centre de Référence des Mastocytoses (CEREMAST), Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.,Université de Paris, Paris, France
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