[Histonet] DIF on paraffin embedded tissue

[Teri Johnson]

Maryann,

Whoa, bad day. I'm sorry for you and for the patient.

As for whether the testing usually performed in frozen section by Direct ImmunoFluorescence can be successfully done on FFPE, Liz Chlipala is probably the closest to answering this. This was likely a kidney or skin biopsy. The panel is likely something like IgG, IgA, IgM, C3, Fibrinogen and maybe another marker or so.

Can it be done? I would say not with any degree of confidence unless this was extensively tested side-by-side with frozen vs paraffin embedded tissues. The IHC stain techniques would be radically different. This would take a lot of time.

Now, if you were successful in providing these assays that you have validated in your laboratory (I shudder to think what that would entail), would the pathologist be comfortable signing out a case such as this? Would the clinician be comfortable treating the patient based on these results?

Teri Johnson
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