Background staining may make interpretation difficult2.
Various types of ovarian, testicular and extragonadal germ cell tumours:
gonadoblastoma
yolk sac tumour
choriocarcinoma
intratubular germ cell neoplasia
not spermatocytic seminoma
not immature teratoma
some carcinomas of
lung
gastrointestinal tract
ovary
skeletal and smooth muscle, and a range of tumour showing myogenic differentiation, show cytoplasmic positivity for PLAP:
Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma |
8/81 |
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Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma |
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Leiomyoma - uterus |
|||
Leiomyoma - soft tissue |
1/11 |
||
Leiomyosarcoma - uterus |
5/111 |
||
Leiomyosarcoma - soft tissue |
2/41 |
||
2/151 |
|||
1/91 |
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Wilm's tumour |
1/81 |
||
Myofibroblastic tumour |
2/71 |
||
0/101 |
|||
Schwannoma |
0/101 |
||
MPNST |
0/61 |
||
Traumatic neuroma |
0/91 |
||
Neuroblastoma |
0/101 |
||
Olfactory neuroblastoma |
0/131 |
||
Ganglioneuroblastoma |
0/71 |
||
Ganglioneuroma |
0/11 |
||
Fibrosarcoma |
0/21 |
||
Myxofibrosarcoma |
0/21 |
||
Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma |
0/21 |
||
0/41 |
|||
0/111 |
|||
Fibromatosis |
0/101 |
||
Fibroma |
0/31 |
||
Nodular fasciitis |
0/41 |
||
Proliferative fasciitis |
0/11 |
||
Dermal scar |
0/101 |
||
Ewing's sarcoma/PNET |
0/141 |
||
Liposarcoma |
0/111 |
||
0/31 |
|||
0/21 |
|||
0/21 |
|||
Small cell carcinoma |
0/41 |
||
Carcinoid tumour |
0/61 |
||
Paraganglioma |
0/31 |
||
Malignant mixed Mullerian tumour |
0/11 |
||
Carcinoma |
0/71 |
||
0/11 |
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This page last revised 22.5.2008.
©SMUHT/PW Bishop