Table 3.
Details of the nine cases in which ICC allowed to eliminate a metastasis. ND: Non-Diagnostic; NN: Non-Neoplastic; SM: Suspicious for Malignancy; M: Malignant; HG: High-grade; neg: negative; pos: positive; DLBCL: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; GC: germinal center.
| Patient | Medical History of Neoplasm | Milan System Category | Cytological Diagnosis | Immunochemistry | Histological Diagnosis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antibody Used | Results | Justification | |||||
| 58 | None | ND | Cyst content | TTF1 | neg | eliminated metastasis of potential papillary thyroid carcinoma | Mucoepidermoid carcinoma ex PA |
| 85 | Tongue squamous cell carcinoma diagnosed 1 month before | NN | reactive lymph node | AE1/AE3 | neg | eliminated metastasis of the squamous cell carcinoma previously diagnosed | not performed |
| CD3 | pos | ||||||
| CD20 | pos | ||||||
| 86 | Metastatic lung adenocarcinoma diagnosed 3 month before | NN | normal lymph node | AE1/AE3 | neg | eliminated metastasis of the lung adenocarcinoma previously diagnosed | not performed |
| CD3 | pos | ||||||
| CD20 | pos | ||||||
| CK7 | neg | ||||||
| TTF1 | neg | ||||||
| 93 | None | NN | normal lymph node | CD3 | pos | eliminated metastasis of a carcinoma | not performed |
| CD20 | pos | ||||||
| CK7 | neg | ||||||
| 94 | Papillary thyroid carcinoma diagnosed in 1996 | NN | normal lymph node | TTF1 | neg | eliminated metastasis of the papillary thyroid carcinoma previously diagnosed | Normal lymph node |
| 284 | None | SM | lymphoma | AE1/AE3 | neg | eliminated metastasis of a carcinoma | Follicular lymphoma grade 1–2 |
| 285 | None | SM | lymphoma | AE1/AE3 | neg | eliminated metastasis of a carcinoma | DLBCL non-GC |
| 297 | None | M (HG) | undifferenciated carcinoma | TTF1 | neg | eliminated metastasis of a lung adenocarcinoma | salivary duct carcinoma |
| p63 | pos | ||||||
| 298 | None | M (HG) | undifferenciated carcinoma | TTF1 | neg | eliminated metastasis of a lung adenocarcinoma | salivary duct carcinoma |
| p63 | pos | ||||||