Table 2 Pathological and immunohistochemical characteristics of 9 cases of biliary cystic tumor

From: Biliary cystic tumors with bile duct communication: a cystic variant of intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct

Case

Size (cm)

Type of cyst

Histological diagnosis

Tumor-cell type

PAS

HID

AB

MUC1

MUC2

MUC5AC

CA19-9

CEA

1

12.7

Multilocular

Adenoma

Gastric

3+

1+

3+

3+

2

20.0

Multilocular

CIS in adenoma

Gastric

3+

2+

3+

3+

2+

3

7.5

Multilocular

CIS

Pancreaticobiliary

3+

2+

1+

3+

4

3.7

Multilocular

CIS

Pancreaticobiliary

3+

1+

3+

2+

3+

3+

2+

5

3.0

Multilocular

CIS

Oncocytic

3+

2+

3+

1+

2+

3+

1+

1+

6

2.5

Multilocular

CIS

Pancreaticobiliary

3+

2+

3+

1+

2+

3+

2+

7

3.0

Multilocular

CIS

Pancreaticobiliary

3+

3+

2+

3+

1+

8

4.3

Unilocular

Microinv mucinous ca

Pancreaticobiliary

3+

2+

3+

2+

2+

3+

9

8.2

Multilocular

Microinv mucinous ca

Pancreaticobiliary

3+

1+

2+

1+

3+

1+

Total

    

100%

78%

100%

67%

44%

100%

67%

22%

  1. CIS, carcinoma in situ; microinv mucinous ca, microinvasive mucinous carcinoma; PAS, periodic acid-Schiff after diastase digestion; HID, high-iron diamine; AB, alcian blue, −, negative; 1+, positive in 1–10% of tumor cells; 2+, positive in 11–50% of tumor cells; 3+, positive in more than 50% of tumor cells.