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. 2011 Dec 22;22(4):511–521. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2011.00552.x

Table 3.

Histological and immunohistochemical characteristics.

Variables All patients Number of patients (%) (n = 72) SFT Number of patients (%) (n = 29) HPC Number of patients (%) (n = 43) P‐value
Histological data Collagenic areas 55 (76.4%) 29 (100%) 26 (60.5%) P=0.0003
High cellularity 43 (59.7%) 7 (24.2%) 36 (83.7%) P=0.0001
Atypias 33 (45.8%) 3 (10.3%) 30 (69.8%) P < 0.0001
Mitoses > 5 21 (29.2%) 1 (3.4%) 20 (46.5%) P=0.002
Necrosis 21 (29.2%) 9 (31.0%) 12 (27.9%) P = 0.775
Vasculo‐nervous adherences 11 (15.3%) 9 (31.0%) 2 (4.7%) P=0.005
Brain infiltration 10 (13.9%) 3 (10.3%) 7 (16.3%) P = 0.729
Immunohistochemical data Vimentin 72 (100%) 29 (100%) 43 (100%) NS
EMA 4 (5.6%) 0 4 (9.3%) P = 0.143
CD34 43 (59.7%) 26 (89.7%) 17 (39.5%) P < 0.0001
PS100 0 0 0 NS
α smooth actin 2 (2.8%) 0 2 (4.7%) P = 0.512
NCAM 3 (4.2%) 0 3 (7.0%) P = 0.268
ER 0 0 0 NS
PR 25 (34.7%) 11 (37.9%) 14 (32.6%) P = 0.828
MIC2 42 (47.2%) 17 (58.6%) 36 (83.7%) P=0.018
MIB1LI Mean Mean 5.35% Mean 13.63%
Median Median 5% Median 10% P=0.001

The bold in P‐value underlines the statistically significant parameters.