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Table 1 Immunohistochemical analysis results of palatine tonsillar tumor cells

From: Palatine tonsillar metastasis of rectal adenocarcinoma: a case report and literature review

Antibody

P/N

Antibody

P/N

Antibody

P/N

bcl-6

CD56

EMA

+++

CD1a

CD79a

Granzyme B

CD10

CDX-2

+++

mum-1

CD138

+

CK20

++

p63

CD20

CK34βE12

Perforin

CD3

CK5/6

S100

CD45-LCA

CK7

TdT

CD45Ro

CKpan

++

villin

+++

  1. P/N positive/negative, CK cytokeratin, EMA epithelial membrane antigen, mum-1, melanoma-associated antigen (mutated) 1 TdT terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase, –, no cells positive by immunohistochemistry (IHC); ±, sometimes weak positive, sometimes negative by IHC; +, <25% of cells positive by IHC; ++, 25 to 50% of cells positive by IHC; +++, >50% of cells positive by IHC.