Fascin

Formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded tissue block or cell block, or 1 unstained charged slide for each test requested plus 3-4 additional unstained slides cut at 4 microns. Adequate space on each slide for control tissue is required.

This is a send out test.

Identifies: Fascin, a 55 kD actin-bundling protein. Fascin expression can be employed in the distinction of anaplastic large cell lymphoma (fascin-negative) from Hodgkin lymphoma (fascin-positive).