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. 2011 Nov 13;6:75. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-6-75

Table 2.

Immunohistochemistry findings in small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder.

Antibody No of studies % of positives staining (mean)
Neuroendocrine markers

NSE[2,9,11,23] 4 25-100% (88.5%)

Synaptophysin[2,11,9] 3 66.6-76% (72.4%)

Serotonin[23] 1 78%

Chromogranin[2,9,11,17] 4 22-89% (50%)

Epithelial markers

Cytokeratin[2,23] 2 70-77% (75%)

EMA[2] 1 77.7%

CK7[24] 1 59%

CAM 5.2[2,11,9] 3 47-66.6% (41%)

Other markers

S-100 protein[23] 1 40%

TTF1[24,25] 2 39-50% (40%)

EGFR[9,26] 2 27-36% (28.6%)

C-KIT[9,27] 2 22-27% (27%)

CD44v6[11] 1 7%

PDGFR[28] 1 case report +

Abbreviations. NSE = neuron specific enolase; EMA = epithelial membrane antigen; CK7 = cytokeratine 7; EGFR = epidermal growth factor receptor; PDGFR = platelet derived growth factor