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Table 1 Histological features

From: Expression and clinical significance of the proliferation marker minichromosome maintenance protein 2 (Mcm2) in diffuse astrocytomas WHO grade II

Histological features

No. of cases

%

 

(Total no.: 61)

 

Subtypes

  

  Fibrillary

55

90.2

  Gemistocytic

5

8.2

  Protoplasmic

1

1.6

Cell density

  

  Low

16

26.2

  Moderate

40

65.6

  High

5

8.2

Atypia

  

  Slight

24

39.3

  Moderate

36

59.0

  Severe

1

1.6

Apoptoses

27

44.3

Mitoses

  

  None

41

67.2

  One

14

23.0

  Two

4

6.6

  Three

2

3.3

Rosenthal fibres

2

3.3

Eosinophilic granular bodies

0

0.0

Microcysts

21

34.4

Myxoid matrix

7

11.5

Microcalcification

3

4.9

Perivascular lymphocytic infiltration

11

18.0

Secondary structures

40

65.6

  Subpial

12

19.7

  Satellitosis

41

67.2

  Angiocentric growth

13

21.3