NUT

NUT is a gene on chromosome 15. NUT midline carcinoma are aggressive tumours with translocations involving the NUT gene.

Germ cells of the testis and ovary
NUT midline carcinoma: typically more than 90% of nuclei stain with a speckled pattern

	NUT midline carcinoma	26/301
	Dysgerminoma	7/111
	Embryonal carcinoma	3/351
	Endodermal sinus tumour	0/11
	Germ cell tumour NOS	0/31
	Seminoma	2/331
	Struma ovarii	0/41
	Teratoma, immature	0/91
	Teratoma, mature	0/31
	Yolk sac tumour	0/21
	non-germ cell, non-NUT carcinoma	0/8891
	Normal tissue	5/381

Differentiation of NUT midline carcinoma from other poorly differentiated carcinomas of the head and chest.

References

1 AJSP 33:984

This page last revised 15.8.2009.