Table 4 The distribution of F-cells immunohistochemically detected in rhadomyosarcoma

From: Foetal haemoglobin-blood cells (F-cells) as a feature of embryonic tumours (blastomas)

    

F-cells features (1) Checked tumour tissues

 

No.

Gender

Age (years)

Tumour type

BV

PBV

TC

Staining grade

1

Female

2

Alveolar

(−)

Fer,Feb++

Fer,Feb

(+++++)

2

Female

3

Embryonal

Fer++

(−)

No Fc

(++++)

3

Female

4

Alveolar

Fer++

(−)

Fer

(++++)

4

Male

1

Embryonal

Fer++

(−)

No Fc

(+++++)

5

Female

5

Embryonal

(−)

(−)

Fer,Feb

(++++)

6

Female

30

Embryonal

Fer+

(−)

No Fc

(++++)

7

Male

51

Embryonal

Fer+

(−)

No Fc

(++)

8

Male

8

Embryonal

(−)

(−)

Fer

(+)

9

Male

3

Embryonal. Chemt(+)

No F-cells

(−)

10

Male

13

 

(2) Checked in bone marrow clusters of infiltrating Fc, mainly Fer, throughout the whole section

(+++++)

11

Female

6

 

Clusters of infiltrating Fc, mainly Feb, some Feb in mitosis

(+++++)

12

Female

11

Mets to bone marrow

No Fc

(−)

13

Female

25

Same as above

No Fc

(−)

14

Male

2

 

No Fc

(−)

  1. Abbreviations: (−), tissue not present in section; BV, blood vessels; Fc, F-cells; Feb, F-blasts; Fer, F-erythrocytes; Fer+, low percent of Fer; Fer++, high percent of Fer; PVB, proliferating blood vessels; TC, tumour tissue.