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Test Code BCL2 BCL-2 Immunostain, Technical Component Only


Advisory Information


This test includes only technical performance of the stain (no pathologist interpretation is performed). If diagnostic consultation by a pathologist is required order PATHC / Pathology Consultation.



Shipping Instructions


Attach the green pathology address label and the pink Immunostain Technical Only label included in the kit to the outside of the transport container.



Specimen Required


Supplies: Immunostain Technical Only Envelope (T693)

Specimen Type: Tissue

Container/Tube: Immunostain Technical Only Envelope (T693)

Preferred: 2 unstained positively charged glass slide (25- x 75- x 1-mm) per test ordered; sections 4-microns thick.

Acceptable: Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue block


Useful For

Classification of lymphomas

Reflex Tests

Test ID Reporting Name Available Separately Always Performed
IHTOI IHC Initial, Tech Only No No
IHTOA IHC Additional, Tech Only No No

Method Name

Immunohistochemistry

Reporting Name

BCL-2 IHC, Tech Only

Specimen Type

TECHONLY

Specimen Stability Information

Specimen Type Temperature Time
TECHONLY Ambient (preferred)
  Refrigerated 

Clinical Information

BCL-2 is in a family of regulators of apoptosis, which together control the balance between pro- and antiapoptotic signals. BCL-2 protein acts as an inhibitor of apoptosis. It is normally expressed in mantle zone B cells and T cells, with an intense perinuclear cytoplasmic pattern, but it is not expressed in reactive germinal center B cells. In the majority of cases of follicular lymphoma, the BCL-2 gene is involved in a translocation with IgH, t(14;18)(q32;q21), leading to overexpression of the BCL-2 protein. Thus, BCL-2 expression in germinal center B cells supports a diagnosis of follicular lymphoma.

Day(s) and Time(s) Performed

Monday through Friday

Analytic Time

1 day

Performing Laboratory

Mayo Medical Laboratories in Rochester

Test Classification

This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by Mayo Clinic in a manner consistent with CLIA requirements. This test has not been cleared or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

CPT Code Information

88342-TC, primary

88341-TC, if additional IHC

LOINC Code Information

Test ID Test Order Name Order LOINC Value
BCL2 BCL-2 IHC, Tech Only In Process

 

Result ID Test Result Name Result LOINC Value
70675 BCL-2 IHC, Tech Only No LOINC Needed

NY State Approved

Yes