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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 21.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg Pathol. 2011 Sep;35(9):1311–1326. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31821ec4ce

TABLE 5.

Adrenocortical Immunocytochemical Findings*

Vimentin
Synaptophysin
Inhibin-A
Melan A
CD56
MIB-1
Patient Hyperplasia and Nodules Atrophy Hyperplasia and Nodules Atrophy Hyperplasia and Nodules Atropy Hyperplasia and Nodules Atropy Hyperplasia and Nodules Atrophy Hyperplasia and Nodules Atropy
1 3+, outer cortex, fine gran Neg 2+, cyto body Neg 3+, fine gran Superficial : neg. Deep: 1+ 3+, coarse gran Neg to 1+, fine gran Neg 1+, cell membrane, fine gran Occ stained nuclei Many stained nuclei
2 3+, fine gran Neg 3+, large cyto body 1+, outer 3+2
2+, coarse grain
1+, deep, cell membrane 3+, fine gran 1+, fine gran 1+, patchy, cell membrane 3+, cell membrane Occ stained nuclei Occ stained nuclei
3 3+, patchy, cell membrane and cyto body, fine gran Occ cells + 3+, patchy, fine gran, cell membrane and cyto body Neg 3+ to 2+, coarse gran Neg 3+, coarse bran 2+ to 1+, fine gran 1+, cell membrane, patchy to neg 3+, cell membrane 1+ 2+ to neg
5 Neg Neg 3+, fine gran, cell membrane and cyto body Neg to 1+ 3+ to 2+, fine and coarse gran Neg to 1+ 2+ to 1+, patchy, fine and coarse gran Neg 1+, subcapsular 2+, cell membrane, coarse gran, focal NA NA
8 3+, patchy, fine and coarse gran Neg 3+, cell membrane and cyto body, fine gran Neg 3+ to +2, coarse gran Neg 1+, fine gran Neg Neg 3+, cell membrane, cyto, fine gran 1+ 1+
10 3+, coarse gran Neg 1+, cell membrane and cyto body, fine gran Neg 3+, coarse gran Neg 3+ to 2+, coarse gran Neg Neg 3+, cell membrane, fine gran 1+ 1+
*

Cyto indicates cytoplasmic; gran, granularity; NA, not available; occ, occasional.

Patients 1,2, 3, 5, and 8 had Cushing syndrome and McCune-Albright syndrome. Patient 10 had Cushing syndrome but not McCune-Albright syndrome.

Staining, negative 3+, heavy ; 2+, moderate; 1+, light.