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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 30.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg Pathol. 2009 Dec;33(12):1752–1764. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181b8cf03

Table 2.

Comprehensive histologic assessment of paraffin-embedded samples

Case Presentation (interval) Tumor Location Type Subtype Cytology or stroma Histologic Comparison
Acinar Papillary BAC Solid Micro-papillary
1 synchronous A LLL ADC 0% 60% 40% 0% 0% different
B RLL ADC 10% 80% 10% 0% 0% lymphoid hyperplasia
2 synchronous A LLL ADC 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% different
B RUL ADC 20% 0% 80% 0% 0%
3 synchronous A RUL ADC 20% 20% 0% 0% 60% different
B LUL ADC 10% 70% 0% 0% 20%
4 synchronous A RLL ADC 10% 50% 30% 0% 10% different
B LUL ADC 20% 40% 0% 10% 30%
5 synchronous A LLL ADC 60% 40% 0% 0% 0% different*
B LUL LCNEC n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a different#
C RUL ADC 20% 0% 0% 80% 0% different ^
6 synchronous A RUL ADC 10% 50% 30% 0% 10% signet ring similar
B LLL ADC 30% 50% 10% 0% 10% signet ring
7 metachronous (14.1 months) A LLL ADC 10% 80% 10% 0% 0% mucinous similar
B RML ADC 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% mucinous
8 metachronous (51.1 months) A LUL ADC 10% 0% 0% 90% 0% different
B RUL LCNEC n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
9 metachronous (41.2 months) A RLL ADC 10% 80% 0% 0% 10% similar
B RUL ADC 10% 80% 0% 0% 10%
10 metachronous (25.1 months) A LUL SCC n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a desmoplastic stroma
necrosis
different
B RLL SCC n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a inflammatory stroma
11 metachronous (42.7 months) A LUL ADC 10% 0% 0% 90% 0% different
B RLL ADC 20% 30% 0% 0% 50%
12 metachronous (23.0 months) A RUL ADC 20% 70% 0% 10% 0% clear cells different
B LUL ADC 60% 40% 0% 0% 10%
13 metachronous (18.9 months) A RLL ADC 0% 50% 40% 0% 10% “miliary-like” extension similar
B RUL ADC 20% 80% 0% 0% 0% “miliary-like” extension
14 metachronous (18.6 months) A RUL ADC 90% 0% 10% 0% 0% different
B LUL ADC 80% 10% 0% 10% 0%
15 metachronous (50.2 months) A LUL SCC n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a different
B RUL SCC n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a necrosis
16 metachronous (53.6 months) A LLL SCC n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a different
B LUL ADC 10% 90% 0% 0% 0%
17 metachronous (33.3 months) A LUL SCC n/a n/a n/a n/a 0% different
B RUL ADC 0% 60% 40% 0% 0% clear cells
18 metachronous (72.2 months) A LUL ADC 20% 20% 60% 0% 0% mucinous different
B RLL ADC 30% 50% 0% 0% 0% fetal (20%)
19 metachronous (13.5 months) A LLL SCC n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a sarcomatoid/basaloid similar
B LLL SCC n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a sarcomatoid/basaloid
20 metachronous (6.6 months*) (11.5 months#) (18.1 months^) A LLL ADC 0% 30% 0% 60% 10% clear cells similar*
B LUL ADC 30% 20% 0% 50% 0% clear cells similar#
C LUL ADC 10% 10% 0% 80% 0% clear cells similar ^

ADC: adenocarcinoma; SCC: squamous cell carcinoma; LCNEC: large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma; BAC: bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma; n/a: not applicable;

*

tumor A vs. tumor B;

#

tumor B vs. tumor C;

^

tumor A vs. tumor C