Table 1 Analysis of 65 acanthotic seborrheic keratoses

From: FGFR3 mutations in seborrheic keratoses are already present in flat lesions and associated with age and localization

No.

Sex

Age

Localization

Thickness (mm)

FGFR3 mutation analysis

Immunohistochemistry

      

Ki-67 (%)

bcl-2

FGFR3

1

m

75

Trunk

0.13

wt

4.8

++

++

2

m

41

Head

0.15

wt

3.4

++

+

3

m

45

Head

0.28

K652M

6.9

++

++

4

f

72

Trunk

0.42

wt

3.4

+

+

5

f

57

Trunk

0.36

S373C

11.6

+

+

6

m

64

Head

0.28

R248C

5.2

+++

+

7

f

64

Trunk

0.10

S249C

3.0

++

+

8

m

49

Trunk

0.25

wt

4.0

+

+

9

f

67

Arm

0.35

wt

8.5

+

++

10

f

48

Trunk

0.72

wt

18.1

+++

++

11

f

56

Trunk

0.10

wt

6.4

+

+

12

f

52

Neck

0.43

K652M

3.5

++

+

13

m

59

Head

0.37

Y375C

5.1

++

+

14

f

51

Trunk

0.13

wt

2.5

++

++

15

f

70

Neck

1.35

K652M

3.4

+++

++

16

m

63

Trunk

0.10

wt

3.5

+

+

17

f

61

Trunk

1.30

K652M

10.7

++

++

18

m

61

Head

1.10

G372C

9.5

+++

++

19

f

49

Trunk

1.00

Y375C

7.6

++

++

20

m

78

Trunk

0.47

K652M

3.0

++

++

21

m

78

Head

0.55

wt

6.0

++

+

22

f

74

Trunk

1.00

K652E

7.9

+

+

23

f

67

Trunk

1.10

wt

8.1

+

+

24

m

56

Head

1.05

S249C

9.4

++

++

25

m

64

Trunk

0.85

K652E

5.9

+

+

26

f

84

Head

1.30

K652M

3.4

+++

++

27

m

68

Trunk

1.20

K652M

4.3

++

++

28

m

60

Neck

1.30

wt

1.8

++

+++

29

m

65

Trunk

0.52

R248C

8.9

+++

++

30

f

52

Trunk

1.20

K652M

1.5

+

++

31

f

82

Head

0.65

R248C

6.4

+

++

32

m

75

Trunk

0.38

wt

5.0

+++

++

33

m

67

Head

1.30

R248C

14.9

+

++

34

f

66

Thigh

0.90

wt

10.2

++

++

35

f

67

Neck

0.72

Y375C

3.8

+++

++

36

m

62

Head

1.10

R248C

4.6

+

+

37

f

71

Head

0.94

R248C

5.1

++

++

38

m

44

Trunk

1.00

wt

5.4

++

++

39

f

55

Neck

2.05

G372C

7.4

+

++

40

m

66

Head

0.90

S249C

6.5

+++

+++

41

m

63

Trunk

0.70

wt

6.5

+

+

42

m

77

Trunk

0.60

wt

3.2

+

+

43

f

66

Head

0.80

R248C

2.8

++

++

44

f

34

Trunk

0.65

wt

11.0

+

+++

45

m

70

Trunk

0.50

Y375C

6.6

+

46

m

67

Head

1.25

R248C

12.5

++

+++

47

f

44

Head

0.20

wt

10.5

+

+

48

f

70

Head

1.30

R248C

14.2

++

+++

49

m

39

Trunk

0.80

wt

8.8

+

+

50

m

37

Head

3.20

S373C

8.8

++

+++

51

f

82

Trunk

0.40

R248C

4.5

++

+

52

f

83

Head

0.70

R248C

6.5

++

+++

53

f

26

Trunk

0.70

wt

11.5

+

++

54

f

59

Trunk

0.75

wt

7.2

+++

+++

55

f

51

Trunk

1.35

R248C

6.4

+++

+++

56

m

45

Trunk

2.40

wt

12.7

+

+

57

m

25

Trunk

1.20

wt

12.0

+

+

58

f

59

Trunk

1.60

wt

14.1

+

+

59

m

50

Trunk

1.40

wt

4.3

++

+

60

f

60

Head

1.10

wt

10.0

++

+

61

m

59

Trunk

1.20

R248C

9.2

+++

+++

62

m

63

Head

1.10

R248C

7.8

+

+

63

f

76

Head

0.20

K652M

4.9

++

++

64

m

33

Neck

0.30

wt

11.3

+

+++

65

m

64

Trunk

0.70

G372C

9.1

++

+++

  1. m, male; f, female; age, age at the time of the seborrheic keratoses removal; maximal thickness of acanthotic seborrheic keratoses was measured using a scale bar on an H&E-stained section of each sample; FGFR3 mutation analysis was performed with a multiplex SNaPshot® assay covering 11 known activating FGFR3 mutations (R248C, S249C, G372C, S373C, Y375C, G382R, A393E, K652E, K652 M, K652Q and K652T; codons are numbered according to the open reading frame of the FGFR3b isoform, which is predominantly found in epithelial cells); Ki-67 expression was assessed immunohistochemically by counting the proportion of Ki-67-positive cells in five representative areas (at least 200 cells/area) of each section; bcl-2 and FGFR3 protein expression were detected immunohistochemically and scored from (−)=negative to (+++)=strong positive.