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Table 2 Genetic and immunohistochemical characteristics of 11 cases of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor with RANBP2-ALK gene fusion

From: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor with RANBP2 and ALKgene rearrangement: a report of two cases and literature review

Case

Genetic features

Immunohistochemical features

 

RANBP2toALKfusion point

Detection techniques

ALK

Desmin

SMA

Caldesmin

CD30

CK

EMA

S100

1

Exon 18 to exon 20

RT-PCR, FISH

NM+

/

/

/

/

/

/

/

2

Exon 18 to exon 20

RT-PCR, FISH

NM+

/

/

/

/

/

/

/

3

Exon 19 to exon 20*

RT-PCR, FISH

CP+

+

+

-

/

+

/

-

4

Exon 18 to exon 20

RT-PCR

NM+

-

-

/

-

-

/

-

5

Exon 18 to exon 20

RT-PCR

NM+

+

-

/

/

-

/

/

6

Exon 18 to exon 20

RT-PCR

NM+

+

-

-

+

-

-

-

7

Exon 18 to exon 20

RT-PCR

NM+

+

/

-

+

/

/

-

8

Exon 18 to exon 20

RT-PCR

NM+

+

+

-

+

-

/

-

9

Unknown

FISH

CP+

+

-

/

-

+

/

-

10

Unknown

FISH

NM+

+

+

-

+

-

-

-

11

Exon 18 to exon 20

RT-PCR, FISH

NM+

+

+

-

+

-

-

-

Total

/

/

100% (11/11)

89% (8/9)

50% (4/8)

0% (0/6)

71% (5/7)

25% (2/8)

0% (0/3)

0% (0/8)

  1. NM nuclear membrane, CP cytoplasm.
  2. *Reference 7 stated that the fusion point was exon 19 of RANBP2 to exon 20 of ALK, while Figure 2 in the paper indicated that the actual fusion location was exon 18 of RANBP2 to exon 20 of ALK.