[The use of anti-keratin and anti-CEA monoclonal antibodies in the study of lacrimal epithelial tumors]

34 cases of lacrimal epithelial tumor were studied with the anti-keratin and anti-CEA monoclonal antibody peroxidase-anti-peroxidase staining and the AB/PAS mucohistochemical staining. It was found that HK2 was positive in the gland-luminal cells and cancer cells in the squamous metaplastic portion of the tumor; K12 was positive in the mucoid, fibroid, and cartilaginoid metaplastic tumor cells, while K27 was positive in less number of the squamous cells; CEA was positive in tumor cells of the nest and glandular lumina. Mecohistochemically, the tumor cells were 100% positive. The authors were of the opinion that keratin HK2 and K12 and CEA were ideal markers for lacrimal epithelial tumors.

[Functional change of colorectal adenoma and its relation with colorectal adenocarcinoma--application of mucin histochemical and immunohistochemical techniques]

Using HE, AB/PAS, HID/AB, PAT/KOH/PAS stain and CEA monoclonal antibody BA stain techniques, composition of mucin and distribution of CEA in the tumor tissue were detected in 65 cases of colorectal tubular adenoma, 7 adenoma with malignant change and 14 established tubular adenocarcinoma in order to study the functional changes of colorectal adenoma and its relation with the colorectal adenocarcinoma. According to Konishi's criteria, colorectal tubular adenomas were divided into three groups: mild, moderate and severe dysplasia, added with two of ours: adenoma with malignant change and established adenocarcinoma, totalling 5 groups for comparison. The results showed that CEA positive rate increased with the grade of dysplasia in these 5 groups (33%, 57%, 67%, 86% and 100%). Similarly, the percentage of non-acetylated acid and C7 C9 O-acetylated sialomucin also gradually increased with the grade of dysplasia, showing a parallel tendency. Epithelial cells, secreting a heterogeneous mucin, could be taken as a signal of abnormal cellular differentiation. The increase of non-acetylated acid and C7 C9 O-acetylated sialomucin in colorectal adenoma implies a likelihood of malignant change.