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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Discerning the Primary Carcinoma in Malignant Peritoneal and Pleural Effusions Using Imaging Mass Spectrometry—A Feasibility Study
Contributor:
Schwamborn, Kristina;
Weirich, Gregor;
Steiger, Katja;
Zimmermann, Gregor;
Schmidmayr, Monika;
Weichert, Wilko;
Caprioli, Richard M.
Published:
Wiley, 2019
Published in:
PROTEOMICS – Clinical Applications, 13 (2019) 1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1002/prca.201800064
ISSN:
1862-8346;
1862-8354
Origination:
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Description:
PurposeMalignant effusions challenge diagnostic accuracy due to cytomorphologic overlaps between various malignant primaries. Workup of this material to establish a correct diagnosis is time consuming and limited by the sparsity of material. In order to circumvent these drawbacks, the use of MALDI imaging MS (IMS) as a diagnostic platform has been explored.Experimental designCytology cell blocks from malignant effusions (serous ovarian carcinoma and several non‐ovarian carcinomas including gastric adenocarcinoma) containing at least 30% neoplastic cells are selected for generation of cytology microarrays (CMA). CMA sections are transferred to conductive glass slides, subjected to on‐tissue tryptic digestion, and matrix application for MALDI–IMS analysis.ResultsSupervised classification analysis identifies serous ovarian carcinomas as the source of malignant effusions with a sensitivity of 85.7% when compared to samples from all other included primary sites. When compared to gastric adenocarcinoma, serous ovarian carcinoma samples can be delineated with a sensitivity of 97.3%.Conclusion and clinical relevanceThese preliminary results highlight that MALDI–IMS allows subtyping of malignant effusions to identify the precise origin of neoplastic cells. While achieving similar results compared to classical approaches such as immunocytology, more material is conserved that will be available for further tests.