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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg Pathol. 2015 Sep;39(9):1170–1180. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000439

Table 3.

Immunohistochemical profile in tumors reclassified into other histology from squamous cell carcinoma (n=30)

Histology/Marker Positive Distribution
Intensity
Focal Diffuse Weak Moderate Strong
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
Adenocarcinoma (n=20)
 p40 3 15% 3 100% 0 0% 1 33% 2 67% 0 0%
 p63 8 40% 7 88% 1 13% 4 50% 4 50% 0 0%
 TTF-1 (8G7G3/1) 13 65% 8 62% 5 38% 6 46% 2 15% 5 38%
 TTF-1 (SPT24) 20 100% 4 20% 16 80% 0 0% 3 15% 17 85%
 Napsin A 13 65% 3 23% 10 77% 2 15% 4 31% 7 54%
 Chromogranin A 3 15% 3 100% 0 0% 3 100% 0 0% 0 0%
 Synaptophysin 2 10% 2 100% 0 0% 2 100% 0 0% 0 0%
 CD56 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%

Neuroendocrine carcinoma (n=6)
 p40 1 17% 0 0% 1 100% 0 0% 0 0% 1 100%
 p63 3 50% 2 67% 1 33% 2 67% 0 0% 1 33%
 TTF-1 (8G7G3/1) 2 33% 2 100% 0 0% 2 100% 0 0% 0 0%
 TTF-1 (SPT24) 3 50% 1 33% 2 67% 1 33% 0 0% 2 67%
 Napsin A 1 17% 1 100% 0 0% 1 100% 0 0% 0 0%
 Chromogranin A 3 50% 3 100% 0 0% 1 33% 2 67% 0 0%
 Synaptophysin 3 50% 2 67% 1 33% 1 33% 2 67% 0 0%
 CD56 5 83% 0 0% 5 100% 2 40% 2 40% 1 20%

Large cell carcinoma (n=4)
 p40 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
 p63 1 25% 1 100% 0 0% 0 0% 1 100% 0 0%
 TTF-1 (8G7G3/1) 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
 TTF-1 (SPT24) 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
 Napsin A 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
 Chromogranin A 1 25% 1 100% 0 0% 1 100% 0 0% 0 0%
 Synaptophysin 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
 CD56 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%