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Table 2 The counts and percentages of each of the three characteristic tumor cells

From: Gangliocytic paraganglioma: a multi-institutional retrospective study in Japan

 

Epithelioid cells

Spindle-shaped cells

Ganglion-like cells

total

Case 1

18082 (89.93%)

2022 (10.06%)

3 (0.01%)

20107

Case 2

9271 (69.97%)

3976 (30.00%)

3 (0.02%)

13250

Case 3

3817 (37.11%)

6426 (62.47%)

44 (0.43%)

10287

Case 4

11318 (87.44%)

1622 (12.53%)

4 (0.03%)

12944

Case 5

16607 (91.65%)

1509 (8.33%)

4 (0.02%)

18120

Case 6

10238 (76.16%)

3188 (23.71%)

17 (0.13%)

13443

Case 7

8676 (84.48%)

1587 (15.45%)

7 (0.07%)

10270

Case 8

11898 (76.08%)

3714 (23.75%)

27 (0.17%)

16622

Case 9

16433 (87.55%)

2312 (12.31%)

25 (0.13%)

18770

Case 10

7937 (68.83%)

3568 (12.32%)

26 (0.23%)

11531

Case 11

3004 (68.49%)

1372 (31.28%)

10 (0.23%)

4386

Case 12

7475 (68.30%)

3462 (31.63%)

8 (0.07%)

10945

  1. Legend: Even among patients with gangliocytic paraganglioma, the distribution of the three characteristic tumor cells varied from case to case. The counts and percentages of tumor cells in 50 random high-power fields from histopathological images in each case are summarized.