Table 4 |
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Immunohistochemical study of Rhabdomyosarcomatous tumors and small cell carcinoma |
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Cases |
Number of cases |
Myogenin |
Cytokeratin |
Synaptophysin |
Chromogranin |
FISH in RMS |
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RMS* |
1 |
Positive |
Negative |
Positive |
Negative |
negative |
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RMS in ca^ |
2 |
Positive in RMS |
Negative in RMS; positive in ca |
Positive in RMS in 1 out of 2 cases |
Negative |
negative |
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Small cell carcinoma |
13 |
Negative |
Positive (9/9) |
Positive(9/9) |
Positive in 7/9 |
N/A |
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FISH DNA breakapart signal analysis for detection of translocation associated with EWS and FHKR. *RMS: Rhabdomyosarcoma or rhabdomyosarcomatous component in appropriate setting; ^ca: Carcinoma. |
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Bing and Zhang Diagnostic Pathology 2011 6:66 doi:10.1186/1746-1596-6-66 |
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