Table 2 Immunohistochemical staining characteristics of renal cell carcinomas with angioleiomyoma-like stroma

From: Renal cell carcinoma with angioleiomyoma-like stroma: clinicopathological, immunohistochemical, and molecular features supporting classification as a distinct entity

Tumor

CAIX % (epithelium)

CAIX pattern (epithelium)

CK7 (epithelium)

CD10 (epithelium)

AMACR

SMA (stroma)

Desmin (stroma)

Caldesmon (stroma)

Vimentin

34βE12 (epithelium)

PAX8

HMB45

Melan-A

Cathepsin K

TFE3

CD34

Other

1

100%

M, focal CS

90%

15%

3+

1+

3+

+ES

5%

2+ E

1+ S

Dot-like

MITF−

2

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

2+

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

ER and PR−

3

40%

M, focal CS

100%

30%

Weak, E

3+

1+

3+

+ES

90%

3+ E

1+ S

Dot-like

p63−

4

65%

CS

80%

50%

3+

2+

3+

+ES

40%

3+ E

1+ S

Dot-like

CD117−

5

100%

CS

100%

30%

3+

2+

3+

+ES

80%

3+ E

1+ S

Dot-like

 

6

95%

CS

75%

80%

Weak, E

3+

2+

3+

NA

65%

2+ E

Dot-like

p63, ER, PR−

7

100%

M

95%

90%

1+ S

3+

3+

3+

+ES

50%

3+ E

Dot-like

ER and PR focal in peripheral stroma

8

95%

M, focal CS

75%

25%

3+

3+

+ES

40%

2+ E

1+ S

Dot-like

 

9

60%

M

50%

30%

NA

3+

1+

NA

+S

NA

NA

NA

NA

Dot-like, focal

AE1/3+65% epithelium, ER−, PR focal in peripheral stroma

10

100%

M

95%

50%

3+

1+

3+

+ES

80%

3+ E

1+ S

Dot-like

 

11

95%

M, focal CS

95%

40%

5% E

3+

1+

2+

+ES

60%

3+ E

Dot-like

 

12

100%

M, focal CS

75%

50%

3+

1+

2+

+ES

20%

3+ E

1+ S

Dot-like

 
  1. Abbreviations: AMACR, α-methylacyl-coA-racemase; CAIX, carbonic anhydrase IX; CK, cytokeratin; CS, ‘cup-shaped’; +E, positive in epithelium only; ER, estrogen receptor; +ES, positive in epithelium and stroma; M, membranous; MITF, microophthalmia transcription factor; PR, progesterone receptor; +S, positive in stroma only; SMA, smooth muscle actin.