Table 1 Tissue microarray immunostaining results

From: Diagnostic and prognostic markers for gastrointestinal stromal tumors in Norway

No. of cases

kit

PKC

cd34

sma

desmin

s100

CK

Vimentin

Interpretation

401

401

328

286

77

14

1

4

390

Unequivocal GIST

33

0

33

8

7

5

0

4

26

kit-negative GIST

24

0

0

24

3

2

0

1

22

Possible GIST

4

0

4

0

2

1

4

0

4

Schwannomas

80

0

0

0

80

40

1

6

68

LM/LMS

0a

0

 

0

40

0

1

3

35

Probable LM/LMS

4

0

 

0

0

4

0

0

4

LM/LMS

8

0

 

0

0

0

8

1

8

Melanomas/clear cell sarcomas

15

0

 

0

0

0

0

15

7

Carcinomas

61

0

 

0

0

0

0

0

61

Probable desmoid-type fibromatosis

21

        

Missing values

651

        

Total

  1. CK, cytokeratin; PKC, protein kinase C theta; LM, leiomyoma; LMS, leiomyosarcoma.
  2. aIncluded in the 80 cases above.