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Table 2 Distribution of 13 ABE patients according to the type of adjacent epithelium and tumor

From: Mucin pattern reflects the origin of the adenocarcinoma in Barrett's esophagus: a retrospective clinical and laboratorial study

Characteristics

Patient

Cell type (gastric or intestinal) predominance in the specialized columnar epithelium

 

Adenocarcinoma

  

Grade of

IHC

IHC

Type of tumor

  

differentiation

MUC2

MUC5AC

according to mucins

1

intestinal

well

+

-

Intestinal

2

intestinal

moderated

-

+

Gastric

3

similar

well

-

+

Gastric

4

intestinal

moderated

+

-

Intestinal

5

Gastric

poor

-

+

Gastric

6

Gastric

undifferentiated

-

-

-

7

Gastric

well

-

+

Gastric

8

Intestinal

poor

+

-

Intestinal

9

Gastric

poor

-

+

Gastric

10

similar

well

-

+

Gastric

11

similar

undifferentiated

-

-

-

12

Gastric

poor

-

+

Gastric

13

Intestinal

poor

+

-

Intestinal

  1. IHC = immunohistochemistry