PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A Gray
AU  - R Downing
AU  - R Hill
AU  - R W Payne
AU  - C W Windsor
TI  - Demonstration of carcinoembryonic antigen in bone marrow from patients with carcinoma.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.37.10.1090
DP  - 1984 Oct 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 1090--1094
VI  - 37
IP  - 10
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/37/10/1090.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/37/10/1090.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1984 Oct 01; 37
AB  - Primary and secondary tumour and bone marrow trephine biopsies from 20 patients with carcinomas were stained for carcinoembryonic antigen by the three stage immunoperoxidase method. Six marrow biopsies contained tumour deposits, five of which were positive for carcinoembryonic antigen. A further five marrow biopsies contained single carcinoembryonic antigen positive cells of uncertain origin. Carcinoembryonic antigen staining may be a useful adjunct to conventional histology in the diagnosis of marrow metastases.