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Keratin expression in schwannoma; a study of 115 retroperitoneal and 22 peripheral schwannomas

Julie C Fanburg-Smith, Mourad Majidi and Markku Miettinen

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Table 2. Retroperitoneal schwannoma immunostain results, summarized

Antibody Number positive/number stained Percentage positive (%)
S100 protein90/90100
GFAP104/11590
AE1/AE371/10469
34beta E12a 0/23a 0
CK124/39a 62
CK40/39a 0
CK5/6a 0/11a 0
CK61/24a, b 4
CK7a 8/61a, b 13
Cam 5.2 (CK8/18)a 0/58a 0
CK100/24a 0
CK130/15a 0
CK143/24a, b 13
CK150/39a 0
CK160/39a 0
CK170/39a 0
CK180/24a 0
CK19a 0/35a 0
CK200/24a 0

a Only evaluated on AE1/AE3 positive-tumors.

b Difficult to separate from small vessel staining (myopericytic and smooth muscle cells) in highly vascular areas (Figure 5, Ref.11).

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