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Summary of results for special staining and immunohistochemistry for spindle-shaped malignant cells
| Reference |
Result |
|
|---|---|---|
| Negative | Positive | |
| Nagai et al., 19919 | Periodic acid–Schiff, alcian blue | |
| Lau et al., 199811 | Cytokeratin (AE1 and AE3), vimentin, desmin, actin, factor viii, carcinoembryonic antigen | |
| Kawauchi et al., 200312 | Vimentin | Cytokeratin, 5q amplification of 5q13 genomic analysis |
| Ismail et al., 200913 | Desmin, smooth muscle actin | Cytokeratin |
| Present case | Vimentin, cytokeratin | |
