Table 2.
Maspin protein expression among different types of periocular BCC.
| Morpheaform BCC (n = 10) |
Nodular BCC (n = 25) |
Adenoid BCC (n = 8) |
Total (n = 43) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positivity (%) | 8 (80) | 17 (68) | 7 (87.5) | 32 (74.4) | 0.63* |
| Intensity | 0.82* | ||||
| Negative | 2 (20) | 8 (32) | 1 (12.5) | 11 (25.6) | |
| Weak (%) | 5 (50) | 8 (32) | 2 (25) | 15 (34.9) | |
| Moderate (%) | 3 (30) | 9 (36) | 5 (62.5) | 17 (39.5) | |
| Strong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pattern | |||||
| Cytoplasmic (%) | 5 (62.5) | 7 (41.2) | 1 (12.5) | 13 (40.6) | 0.25* |
| Cytoplasmic/nucleus (%) | 3 (37.5) | 10 (58.8) | 6 (62.5) | 19 (59.4) | 0.15* |
*Fisher's exact test.