Table 2. Distribution of blood vessels containing different proportion of HbF blood cells, in HbF+ TCC patients (%).
| Patient no. | Number of vessels with non-HbF cells | Number of vessels with mixed (HbF+ and HbF−) cells | Number of vessels with HbF+ cells | Proliferation of HbF cell vessels | HbF cell vessels between tumour cells | HbF cell vessels in lamina propria | Nucleated HbF cells | Pathological grade/stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 104 (19) | 150 (28) | 288 (53) | + | + | + | +(15) | G1pTa, no invasion |
| 2 | 22 (18) | 3 (2.4) | 98 (78.6) | + | + | + | +(5–10) | G1pTa, no invasion |
| 3 | 19 (12) | 47 (29) | 95 (59) | + | + | + | +(<5) | G1pTa, no invasion |
| 4 | 5 (7) | ND | 65 (93) | + | + | + | +(2–10) | G1pTa, no invasion |
| 5 | 32 (31) | 12 (11.5) | 60 (57.5) | + | + | + | +(10) | G1pTa, no invasion |
| 6 | 66 (39) | 56 (33) | 46 (31) | − | − | + | ND | G1pTa, no invasion |
| 7 | 5 (12) | 8 (19) | 30 (69) | + | − | + | +(>15) | G1pTa, no invasion |
| 8 | 27 (47) | ND | 30 (53) | − | + | − | ND | G1pTa, no invasion |
| 9 | 1 (3) | ND | 29 (97) | − | − | + | ND | G1pTa, no invasion |
| 10 | 6 (18) | ND | 28 (72) | + | + | − | +(14) | G1pTa, no invasion |
| 11 | 21 (51) | ND | 20 (49) | − | − | + | +(10–20) | G1pTa, no invasion |
| 12 | ND | ND | 19 (100) | + | + | − | +(7) | G1pTa, no invasion |
| 13 | 9 (30) | 9 (30) | 12 (40) | − | + | + | ND | G1pTa, no invasion |
| 14 | 2 (11) | 4 (22) | 12 (67) | − | + | − | ND | G1pTa, no invasion |
| 15 | 2 (22) | ND | 7 (78) | − | + | − | ND | G1pTa, no invasion |
| 16 | 18 (82) | ND | 4 (18) | − | + | − | ND | G1pTa, no invasion |
| 17 | 101 (33) | 50 (17) | 151 (50) | + | + | + | +(<5) | G2pTa, no invasion |
| 18 | 60 (33) | 42 (23) | 80 (44) | + | + | + | +(5) | G2pT1, inv lamina propria |
| 19 | ND | ND | 20 (100) | − | + | − | ND | G2pTa, no invasion |
| 20 | 70 (42) | 32 (19) | 65 (39) | + | + | − | +(10) | G2pT1, inv lamina propia |
| 21 | 6 (60) | ND | 4 (40) | − | − | + | ND | G3pT1, inv lamina propria |
| 22 | 4 (33) | ND | 8 (67) | − | − | + | ND | G3pT2a, inv lamina propria |
Abbreviations: HbF=fetal haemoglobin; ND=not detected; TCC=transitional cell carcinoma.