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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 28.
Published in final edited form as: Mod Pathol. 2020 Aug 29;34(2):348–357. doi: 10.1038/s41379-020-00658-w

Table 2.

Comparison of Clinical and Morphologic Findings in ROS1 and non-ROS1 fusion Spitz neoplasms

All (n = 116) Non-ROS1 vs ROS1

Non-ROS1 (n = 99) ROS1 (n = 17) P

Clinical

Age, years 0.75
Mean 20.5 20.7 19.5
Range 1–65 1–65 3–58

Gender 0.80
Female 64 54 10
Male 52 45 7

Location 0.68
Head/Neck 23 19 4
Upper Extremity 33 30 3
Trunk 15 12 3
Lower Extremity 45 38 7

Histologic

Tumor Subtype 0.003
SN 29 20 9
AST 61 53 8
SM 26 26 0

Tumor depth, mm 0.32
Mean 2.04 1.88 2.93
Range 0.25–17.0 0.25–12.2 0.40–17.0

Tumor Diameter, mm 0.71
Mean 4.78 4.74 5.02
Range 0.69–16.5 0.69–16.50 2.90–14.0

Silhouette 0.16
Plaque 49 42 7
Wedge 31 29 2
Nodular 34 27 7
Polypoid 2 1 1

Cytology 0.17
Epithelioid 25 24 1
Spindled 30 26 4
Both 61 49 12

Nuclear Atypia 0.006
Mild 11 10 1
Moderate 74 58 16
Severe 31 31 0

Kamino body 0.025
Absent 89 80 9
Present 27 19 8

Pigmentation 0.10
Absent 66 52 14
Focal 29 27 2
Extensive 21 20 1

Maturation 0.044
Absent 18 18 0
Partial 26 19 7
Present 72 62 10

Ulceration 0.62
Absent 107 92 15
Present 9 7 2

Inflammatory Reaction 0.04
Absent 7 4 3
Non-Brisk 68 57 11
Brisk 41 38 3

Epidermal Hyperplasia 0.49
Absent 20 16 4
Present 96 83 13

Plexiform 0.42
Absent 73 64 9
Present 43 35 8

Epithelioid Sheet 0.04
Absent 94 77 17
Present 22 22 0

Pagetosis 0.32
Absent 93 81 12
Present 23 18 5

Cell Size 0.001
Small 21 20 1
Intermediate 65 49 16
Large 30 30 0

Nesting Adnexa 0.15
Absent 97 85 12
Present 19 14 5

Lobulated Nests 0.73
Absent 95 80 15
Present 21 19 2

Mitotic index (per mm2) 0.001
Mean 2.2 2.34 1.30
Range 0–20 0–20 0–4