Research Article

The Expression of Snail, Galectin-3, and IGF1R in the Differential Diagnosis of Benign and Malignant Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma

Table 4

IGFR1 IHC expression in PPGLs.

Negative ( (%))Weakly positive ( (%))Intermediately positive ( (%))Strongly positive ( (%))

Benign PHEO ()73 (76.0)22 (22.9)1 (1.1)0 (0)
Benign PGL ()13 (34.2)8 (21.1)6 (15.8)11 (28.9)75.693<0.001
Potentially malignant PPGL ()12 (15.4)24 (30.8)14 (17.9)28 (35.9)
Malignant PPGL ()2 (14.3)0 (0)3 (21.4)9 (64.3)