Clinical Study

Utility of Tissue Transglutaminase Immunohistochemistry in Pediatric Duodenal Biopsies: Patterns of Expression and Role in Celiac Disease—A Clinicopathologic Review

Table 4

Immunostaining pattern in celiac and inflammatory bowel disease.

Surface tTGCrypt tTG
Positive (%)Negative (%)Positive (%) Negative (%)

Celiac disease30 (83.33) 6 (16.67)3 (8.33) 33 (91.67)
IBD5 (71.43) 2 (28.57)1 (14.29) 6 (85.71)
value 0.5970 0.5227

: number; %: percentage; IBD: inflammatory bowel disease.