Research Article

Whole Exome Sequencing Uncovers Germline Variants of Cancer-Related Genes in Sporadic Pheochromocytoma

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

IDSexAgeTumor size (cm)HIC characteristicsPASS score

N47F635.0Ki-67 2.4%n.a.
N49M654.0Positive staining for synaptophysin. Ki-67 3.2%3
N50M364.0Positive staining for synaptophysin. S100 protein-positive sustentacular cells. Ki-67 2.2%3
N51M461.5Positive staining for chromogranin A and synaptophysin. S100 protein-positive sustentacular cells. Negative staining for c-kit, EGFr, p53. Ki-67 0.5%2
N52M473.5Positive staining for chromogranin A and synaptophysin. S100 protein-positive sustentacular cells. Negative staining for CD10. Ki-67 0.1%4
N53F585.4Ki-67 1.8%5
N54F466.0Positive staining for chromogranin A and synaptophysin. S100 protein-positive sustentacular cells. Focal positive staining for CD10. Ki-67 0.4%6
N55F306.0Positive staining for chromogranin A and synaptophysin. S100 protein-positive sustentacular cells. Ki-67 0.1%4
N56M411.7Positive staining for synaptophysin. S100 protein-positive sustentacular cells. Negative staining for calretinin. Ki-67 2.2%2
N57M358.0Positive staining for chromogranin A and synaptophysin. Few S100 protein-positive sustentacular cells. Negative staining for calretinin and α-inhibin. Ki-67 5.7%4
N62M593.0Ki-67 1.4%.5
N63M267.0Positive staining for synaptophysin. S100 protein-positive sustentacular cells. Negative staining for calretinin, MEL-A, and α-inhibin. Ki-67 4%14