Table 2 Clinicopathological, immunohistochemical, and molecular findings

From: Absence of human herpesvirus-8 in pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: immunohistochemical and molecular analysis of 20 cases

Case number

Age (years)/gender

Location/size (cm)

ALK-1 IHC

HHV-8 IHC

HHV-8 PCR

 1

1/M

3.5/LLL

—

—

—

 2

20/M

0.7a/RML

+

—

—

 3

42/F

4.5/RLL

—

—

—

 4

40/M

2.4/LUL

—

—

—

 5

51/F

3.1/RML

—

—

—

 6

63/M

7.5/LUL

—

—

—

 7

26/F

2/RUL

—

—

—

 8

81/M

4.5/RUL

—

—

—

 9

11/M

2.2a/RUL

—

—

—

10

18/F

1.9a/RLL

—

—

—

11

47/F

2.4a/LUL

—

—

—

12

26/M

2.2/EB

+

—

—

13

63/F

2.1/RLL

—

—

—

14

16/F

0.9a/EB

—

—

—

15

32/F

9/LLL

—

—

—

16

54/M

1.5/RLL

—

—

—

17

26/M

3/LLL

+

—

—

18

37/F

2.9a/RML

+

—

—

19

36/F

2.3/LLL

—

—

—

20

56/F

6/RLL

—

—

—

  1. ALK, anaplastic lymphoma kinase; EB, endobronchial; F, female; HHV, human herpesvirus; IHC, immunohistochemistry; LLL, left lower lobe; LUL, left upper lobe; M, male; RLL, right lower lobe; RML, right middle lobe; RUL, right upper lobe.
  2. aSize estimated from glass slides.
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