Table 2.
IHC scores in ovarian follicular development
| Histopathological diagnosis | OSE | Primord. Follicle | PF | TF granulosa cells | TF theca cells | CL granulosa cells | CL theca cells | Atretic follicle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teratoma |
|
17+/19*- |
|
++/** |
+/* |
|
|
|
| Simple cyst |
++/** |
|
|
|
|
|
|
-/- |
| Serous cystadenoma |
++/* |
|
|
|
|
+++/* |
|
|
| Pseudocyst |
++/* |
2+/9- |
+/* |
|
|
|
|
|
| Functional cyst (torsion) |
+/* |
|
|
++/** |
+/* |
|
|
|
| Teratoma (torsion) |
|
4+/6- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mucinous cystadenoma and Brenner tumour |
++/* |
2+/1- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mucinous cystadenoma |
+ |
|
/- |
|
|
|
|
|
| Normal ovary | +/* | +/* |
IHC = ImmunoHistoChemistry, OSE = Ovarian Surface Epithelium, Primord. = Primordial, PF = Primary/Growing Follicle, TF = Tertiary Follicle, CL = Corpus Luteum, - = no MMP-2 or 14 expression, + = MMP-2 expression, * = MMP-14 expression, ++ = moderate MMP-2 expression, ** = moderate MMP-14 expression, +++ = strong MMP-2 expression, the number before the symbols -, + or * indicates the number of follicles found, if no number is indicated, the number is one.