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Table 2 A profile of immunohistochemical markers staining positive or negative in the reported tumour tissue

From: Myoepithelioma within the carpal tunnel: a case report and review of the literature

Antibody

Reported tumour

Expected ME [4]

Expected ESMC [3]

Cytokeratin

+

77%

1%

NSE

+

+ [1]

54%

SYN

+/-

+ [1]

59%

GFAP

+

46%

2%

SMA

-

36%

6%

S100

+

87%

31%

  1. ME (myoepithelioma), ESMC (extra-skeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma)
  2. This is compared with the percentage of positive staining reported in other cases of myoepithelioma and extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma.
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