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Krivolapova A.Iu.

Meditsinskiĭ fakul'tet Sankt-Peterburgskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta

Belousova I.E.

Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov, RF Defence Ministry, St. Petersburg, Russia, 194044

Smirnova I.O.

Sankt-Peterburgskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet, Sankt-Peterburg, Rossiia, 199106

Lisukova E.V.

Nauchno-issledovatel'skiĭ institut detskoĭ onkologii, gematologii i transplantologii im. R.M. Gorbachevoĭ

Baĭkov V.V.

OOO "Roskardioinvest", Moskva

Diagnosis of cutaneous graft-versus-host disease: Pathomorphological aspects

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Krivolapova A.Iu., Belousova I.E., Smirnova I.O., Lisukova E.V., Baĭkov V.V.

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Journal: Russian Journal of Archive of Pathology. 2014;76(4): 24‑28

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DIAGNOSIS OF CUTANEOUS GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE: PATHOMORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
DIAGNOSIS OF CUTANEOUS GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE: PATHOMORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS

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Krivolapova AIu, Belousova IE, Smirnova IO, Lisukova EV, Baĭkov VV. Diagnosis of cutaneous graft-versus-host disease: Pathomorphological aspects. Russian Journal of Archive of Pathology. 2014;76(4):24‑28. (In Russ.)

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Abstract:

Objective - to study the differential diagnostic value of histological and immunohistochemical signs in skin biopsy specimens in graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Material and methods. Hematoxylin- and eosin-stained skin biopsy specimens from 50 patients with GVHD and 10 patients with toxicoderma were examined; immunohistochemical reactions using antibodies against CD3, CD20, CD4, CD8, FOXP3, CD56, CD1a, and CD68 were performed. The significance of differences between the groups was estimated using the χ2 and Mann-Whitney tests. Results. In GVHD, there was a significantly high count of necrotic epidermocytes with satellite cells in the epidermis, more commonly apoptosis of epitheliocytes in the skin appendages and vacuolar dystrophy of epidermocytes. On the contrary, the count of eosinophilic granulocytes, CD1a+, CD3+, FOXP3+, and CD8+ cells and the proportion of FOXP3+ cells proved to be significantly higher in the toxicoderma group. Conclusion. The results of the investigation were used to form groups of signs that were important in the differential diagnosis of cutaneous GVHD and toxic and allergic reactions.

Keywords:

graft-versus-host disease
skin
immunohistochemistry

Authors:

Krivolapova A.Iu.

Meditsinskiĭ fakul'tet Sankt-Peterburgskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta

Belousova I.E.

Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov, RF Defence Ministry, St. Petersburg, Russia, 194044

Smirnova I.O.

Sankt-Peterburgskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet, Sankt-Peterburg, Rossiia, 199106

Lisukova E.V.

Nauchno-issledovatel'skiĭ institut detskoĭ onkologii, gematologii i transplantologii im. R.M. Gorbachevoĭ

Baĭkov V.V.

OOO "Roskardioinvest", Moskva

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