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Table 1 NHERF1 and NF2 in the differential diagnosis of papillary tumors of the CNS

From: NHERF1/EBP50 and NF2 as diagnostic markers for choroid plexus tumors

Diagnosis

Patients

IHC

 

No. cases Gender

Median age (range, yrs)

Location

NHERF1

NF2

4thV

3rdV

LV

CPP Adult

13 (6 F, 5 M)

43 (20–73)

121

1

0

Apical PM

Basolateral and apical PM

CPP Pediatric

9 (4 M, 5 F)

0.5 (0.25-6)

1

2

6

Apical PM

Basolateral and apical PM

aCPP Adult

2 (1 M, 1 F)

40 (35, 46)

2

0

0

Cyt, variable2;

Basolateral and apical PM

aCPP Pediatric

4 (2 M; 2 F)

0.7 (0.3-1.6)

0

0

4

Cyt, apical PM

Basolateral and apical PM

CPC Adult

1 (1 F)

37

1

0

0

Cyt or absent

Basolateral and apical PM

CPC Pediatric

3 (2 M, 1 F)

1.7 (1, 2)

0

0

3

Cyt or absent

Basolateral and apical PM

PTPR

5 (3 M, 2 F)

40 (33–62)

0

5

0

Microlumens, apical PM

Cytoplasmic, membranous

Metastases3

6 (4 F, 2 M)

65 (43–73)

 

Apical PM

Absent, apical PM, nuclear

  1. CPP, CP papilloma; aCPP, atypical CPP; CPC, CP carcinoma; M, male; F, female; 4thV, 4th ventricle; 3rdV, 3rd ventricle; LV, lateral ventricle; PM, plasma membrane; Cyt, cytoplasmic
  2. 1These 12 tumors were located in the posterior fossa, either in the 4th ventricle (6) or in the cerebello-pontine angle (6)
  3. 2In one atypical CPP case, NHERF1 apical PM staining as in CPP was seen in papillary regions, and rings and microlumens as in ependymoma were seen in confluent areas
  4. 3These metastases were selected based on papillary morphology. They include papillary thyroid carcinoma (3; frontal lobe, cerebellum, spinal cord), lung adenocarcinoma (2; parietal lobe) and serous ovarian carcinoma (1; temporal lobe)