Table 2 Correlation between PRKD alterations and clinicopathologic parameters in polymorphous adenocarcinoma spectrum of tumors

From: Histologic spectrum of polymorphous adenocarcinoma of the salivary gland harbor genetic alterations affecting PRKD genes

 

Total (n = 37)

Mutation (n = 14)

Fusion (n = 16)

Wild type (n = 7)

P values

Architectural patterns

10% papillae

    

<0.001

  Absent

22 (59%)

13 (93%)

4 (25%)

5 (71%)

 

  Present

15 (41%)

1 (7%)

12 (75%)

2 (29%)

 

30% cribriform

    

0.157

  Absent

32 (86%)

10 (71%)

15 (94%)

7 (100%)

 

  Present

5 (14%)

4 (29%)

1 (6%)

0

 

Cribriform%

13% ± 3%

21% ± 6%

9% ± 4%

6% ± 2%

0.089

Papillary%

14% ± 3%

2% ± 1%

28% ± 6%

8% ± 6%

<0.001

Solid%

24% ± 3%

26% ± 5%

25% ± 4%

16% ± 4%

0.824

Reticular%

19% ± 3%

20% ± 4%

13% ± 3%

29% ± 9%

0.121

Single filing%

4% ± 1%

7% ± 1%

2% ± 1%

3% ± 1%

0.001

Tubular%

10% ± 1%

10% ± 2%

8% ± 1%

15% ± 4%

0.333

Tubuloreticular%

17% ± 2%

15% ± 2%

16% ± 3%

23% ± 5%

0.695

Other histologic and clinical features

Mitotic index

    

0.183

  <5/10 high-power fields

27 (73%)

11 (79%)

9 (56%)

7 (100%)

 

  ≥5/10 high-power fields

10 (27%)

3 (21%)

7 (44%)

0

 

Tumor size

    

0.299

  ≤2 cm

20 (54%)

9 (64%)

7 (44%)

4 (57%)

 

  >2 cm

17 (46%)

5 (36%)

9 (56%)

3 (43%)

 

Tumor necrosis

    

0.045

  Absent

32 (86%)

14 (100%)

11 (69%)

7 (100%)

 

  Present

5 (14%)

0

5 (31%)

0

 

% of nuclei with clearing

65% ± 4%

51% ± 6%

81% ± 4%

56% ± 9%

<0.001

Outcome

Follow-up period (months)

83 ± 12

71 ± 18

80 ± 20

116 ± 24

0.739

Lymph node status

    

0.003

  N0/Nx

28 (76%)

14 (100%)

8 (50%)

6 (86%)

 

  N1

9 (24%)

0

8 (50%)

1 (14%)

 

Dead of disease

0

0

0

0

NA

Recurrence

3 (8%)

1 (7%)

2 (12.5%)

0

0.630

  1. Bold p values: significant p values
  2. Values are expressed as number of cases (percentage) for categorical variables, and mean ± standard error of mean for continuous variables