Positivity for TTF-1 in extra-pulmonary small cell carcinoma

The frequency of positivity for TTF-1 appears to vary between different anatomical sites:

orbit

0/14

sinonasal

0/83, 0/14, 1/1 3

thyroid

0/23, 1/12

salivary gland

0/23, 0/12, 0/14, 3/156, 1/3 8

thymus

0/34

larynx

1/14

gastrointestinal tract, NOS

2/123

oesophagus

5/74, 15/21 19, 9/1526

stomach

2/44

small intestine

0/14, 1/2 8

appendix

0/17

colorectum

0/24, 1/7 8

liver

1/1 8, 0/112, 1/120, 0/121

pancreas

0/13, 1/14

renal pelvis

0/11, 1/14

urinary bladder

1/53, 2/41, 2/32, 1/34, 2/10 8, 2/1015, 17/44 16, 11/44 17

prostate

0/33, 4/4 1, 5/52, 1/34, 5/5 8, 23/44

ovary

hypercalcaemic type

0/7 10, 0/1525

pulmonary type

1/2 10, 1/1 18

uterine cervix

1/33, 1/71, 0/12, 7/164, 2/3 8, 3/8 10

vagina

0/14, 1/311

endometrium

0/14

breast

1/12, 1/24, 1/3 8, 2/109, 2/214, 0/113, 0/123, 0/124, 127, 128

adrenal

1/14

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