Table 2. Immunohistochemical Staining Results on Pineal Parenchymal Tumors.
Case Number | Tumor | Age (years) | Gender | CRX | GFAP | Synaptophysin |
1 | Pineocytoma | 71 | Female | 2+ | 0 | 5+ |
2 | Pineocytoma | 56 | Female | 4+ | 0 | 4+ |
3 | Pineocytoma | 61 | Male | 4+ | 0 | 4+ |
4 | Pineocytoma | 54 | Male | 4+ | 3+ | 2+ |
5 | PPTID | 2 | Male | 4+ | 0 | 4+ |
6 | PPTID | 30 | Male | 2+ | 0 | 4+ |
7 | PPTID | 44 | Female | 4+ | 0 | 5+ |
8 | PPTID | 36 | Female | 4+ | 0 | 4+ |
9 | Pineoblastoma | 4 | Male | 4+ | 1+ | 5+ |
10 | Pineoblastoma | 12 | Female | 4+ | 0 | 5+ |
11 | Pineoblastoma | 13 | Male | 5+ | 0 | 5+ |
12 | Pineoblastoma | 9 | Male | 5+ | 1+ | 5+ |
13 | Pineoblastoma | 8 | Female | 0 | 0 | 4+ |
Table 2 Legend:
0 indicates no staining; 1+, <5% tumor cells reactive; 2+, 5% to 25% tumor cells reactive; 3+, 26% to 50% tumor cells reactive; 4+, 51% to 75% tumor cells.
reactive; 5+, >75% tumor cells reactive. GFAP, Glial Fibrillary Acid Protein; Pineal Parenchymal Tumor of Intermediate Differentiation (PPTID).