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. 2015 Apr 8;2(1):15–42. doi: 10.1159/000377698

Table 5.

IHC panels for small round blue cell neoplasms

Ewing's sarcoma/ PNET Merkel cell Melanoma Metastatic lung SCC DSRCT
Keratin 0–50% 80–100% 0–10% 100% 69–100%
[146, 149, 160, 225] [79, 147, 226, 227] [154, 161, 162, 163, 228] [226] [31, 32, 153, 159]

CK20 0% 75–100% 0% 0% 0%
[146] [79, 82, 168, 226, 227, 229] [82, 228] [80] [159]

EMA 16% 95% 0–7% 90–96%
[160] [168] [154, 161, 162, 163] [151, 152, 159]

S100 38% 17–22% 95–100% 0–13%
[3] [79, 82] [82, 154, 161, 228] [151, 152]

LCA 0% 0%
[230] [79]

Synapto 23–25% 75–96% 100% 15–75%
[3, 160] [79, 168, 226, 227] [226] [151, 152, 159]

NSE 36–88% 100% 30% 58–100% 72%
[3] [82] [82] [231, 232, 233] [159]

PAX5 0% 67–94% 0% 0–73%
[234] [226, 235, 236] [235, 237] [226, 236]

CD99 91–100% 55–100% 57–60% 0–57%
(MIC2) [3, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149] [168, 229] [238, 239] [145, 151, 152, 153, 154]

FLI–1 71–100% 90–100% 50–60% 0–87%
[147, 148, 149, 150] [155, 168] [155, 239] [150, 155]

TTF–1 0–12% 0% 90–100%
[80, 147, 226, 227] [228] [80, 169, 226]

NKX2.2 93% [157] 0% 33% 25% 0%
[157] [157] [157] [157]

Numbers in square brackets indicate references.