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. 2015 Apr 12;15:269. doi: 10.1186/s12885-015-1308-8

Table 4.

Mitotic activity and Ki-67 immunoreactivity of gangliocytic paraganglioma

Epithelioid cells Spindle-shaped cells Ganglion-like cells
cases Mitotic activity Ki-67 immunoreactivity Mitotic activity Ki-67 immunoreactivity Mitotic activity Ki-67 immunoreactivity
1 0 / 1289 7 / 1289 (0.54%) 0 / 1041 3 / 1041 (0.29%) 0 / 4 0 / 4 (0.00%)
2 0 / 1097 5 / 1097 (0.46%) 0 / 1189 4 / 1189 (0.34%) 0 / 4 0 / 4 (0.00%)
3 0 / 1403 6 / 1403 (0.43%) 0 / 1349 2 / 1349 (0.15%) 0 / 103 0 / 103 (0.00%)
4 0 / 1213 5 / 1213 (0.41%) 0 / 1001 6 / 1001 (0.60%) 0/ 7 0/ 7 (0.00%)
5 0 / 1043 4 / 1043 (0.38%) 0 / 1076 3 / 1076 (0.28%) 0 / 4 0/ 4 (0.00%)
6 0 / 1128 9 / 1128 (0.80) % 0 / 1007 2 / 1007 (0.20%) 0 / 31 0 / 31 (0.00%)
7 0 / 1343 4 / 1343 (0.30%) 0 / 1192 3 / 1192 (0.25%) 0/ 38 0/ 38 (0.00%)
8 0 / 1021 3 / 1021 (0.29%) 0 / 1165 3 / 1165 (0.26%) 0 / 71 0 / 71 (0.00%)
9 0 / 1321 3 / 1321 (0.23%) 0 / 1063 2 / 1063 (0.28%) 0 / 48 0 / 48 (0.00%)
10 0 / 1081 2 / 1081 (0.19%) 0 / 1288 1 / 1288 (0.08%) 0 / 46 0 / 46 (0.00%)
11 0 / 1013 1 / 1013 (0.10%) 0 / 1362 11 / 1362 (0.81%) 0 / 12 0 / 12 (0.00%)
12 0 / 1111 1 / 1111 (0.09%) 0 / 1111 1 / 1141 (0.09%) 0/ 14 0/ 14 (0.00%)

Legend: In the present study, epithelioid, spindle-shaped, and ganglion-like cells showed no mitotic activity. In addition, the Ki-67 labeling index of them ranged from 0.09 to 0.80%, 0.08 to 0.81%, and 0.00%, respectively.