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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: Mod Pathol. 2009 Aug 28;22(11):1446–1456. doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2009.116

Table 3.

Immunohistochemical and mutational status of KIT in cases in which primary and metastatic melanoma tumors from the same patient were available for study

Case
No.
Diagnosis KIT IHC, primary
tumor (site)
KIT IHC, metastasis (site) Mutational analysis
9 Mucosal melanoma 51–95%, 1+ (anus/rectum) >95%, 3+ (inguinal lymph node) Not amplifiable DNA (both)
17 Mucosal melanoma 51–95%, 3+ (urethra) 51–95%, 2+ (skin) Not amplifiable DNA (both)
20 Mucosal melanoma >95%, 3+ (vagina) 51–95%, 2+ (inguinal lymph node) KIT mutation, exon 17, D816V
(both)
60 Acral lentiginous
melanoma
51–95%, 2+ (left toe) >95%, 3+ (skin) KIT mutation, exon 11, V559A
(both)