The organ (in alphabetic order), tumor type, number of cases studied, and positive findings are indicated

Organ Tumor Subgroup n Positive Adrenal gland Carcinoma Adeno- 19 0 Anus Carcinoma Squamous 3 0 Brain Gliobl. multif./astrocytoma/ 46/35 0 oligodendroglioma/meningioma/ 24/46 0 PNET/ependymoma/ 17/9 0 gangioneuroma/ 7 0 medulloblastoma/estioneuroblastoma/ 4/2 0 opticus glioma/cranioph.a 1/8 0 Carotid body Glomus tumor 11 0 Cervix Carcinoma Squamous/CIS/adeno 37/7/4 0 Colon Adenoma Tubular and villous 134 0 Carcinoma Adeno- 47 0 Endometrium Carcinoma Adeno- 61 0 Sarcoma Endometrial stromal sarcoma 3 0 Esophagus Carcinoma Squamous/adeno 21/116 0 Gall bladder Carcinoma Adeno- 23 0 Glomus tumor 11 0 Kidney Carcinoma Clear cell/papillary 50/45 1/0 Chromophobic 13 0 Oncocytoma 7 0 Larynx Carcinioma Squamous 46 0 Liver Carcinoma Hepatocellular 41 0 Lung Carcinoma Adeno-/squamous/ 48/50 0/1 large cell/small cell 47/41 1/0 Lymph nodes Lymphoma Hodgkin’s 50 0 Non-Hodgkin’s high/low grade 69 0 MALT 42 0 Breast Carcinoma Lobular/ductal 42/46 0 Med./muc./tub. 27/23/26 0 Cribriform/apocrine 5/3 0 Phylloidees tumor 13 0 Mouth Carcinoma Squamous 57 0 Ovary Carcinoma Endometroid/serous mucinous 49/48/20 0 Brenner/mixed Müllerian tumor 9/6 0 Granulosa cell 7 0 Dysgerminoma 2 2 Gonadoblastoma 1 1 Pancreas Carcinoma Adeno- 47 0 Paraganglia Paraganglioma 10 0 Parathyroid Carcinoma Adeno- 20 0 Parotid gland Carcinoma Mixed 15 0 Acinic cell/mucoepithelial 5/6 0 Phaeochrom. 26 0 Penis Carcinoma Squamous 43 0 Prostate Carcinoma Adeno-, horm. (non-)refract. 200 0 PIN/BPH 24/18 0 (Small) salivary gland Pleom. adenoma 49 0 Lymphoep. lesion 5 0 Carcinoma Adenoid cystic 43 0 Acinic cell 36 0 Adenolymph. 30 0 Skin Carcinoma Squamous/basal 81/37 0 Melanoma 44 0 Merkel cell tumor 6 0 Benign Hemangioblastoma 8 0 Nevus 38 0 Appendix tumors 25 0 (Small) intestine Carcinoma Adeno- 17 0 GIST 14 0 Stomach Carcinoma Intestinal/diffuse 44/23 0 Soft tissue Benign Lipoma/fibrous histiocytoma/Schwann/ 15/58/35 0 neurofibroma/leiomyoblastoma/ 31/7 0 giant cell tumors of tendon sheet/ 29/ 0 hemangioma 17 0 Intermediate Haemangiopericytoma 8 0 Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans 2 0 Malignant Kaposi/liposarcoma 25/26 0 Angiomyolipo./malign. Schwann. 1/8 0 Rhabdomyosarcoma/synovial sarcoma 13/3 0 Angios./fibros./alv. soft part sarc. 4/6/1 0 Epithelioid sarcoma 2 0 Testis Seminoma/nonseminoma 49/47 49/33b Adenomatoid tumor 10 0 Thyroid Carcinoma Foll./papill./med. 42/48/36 0 Thymus Thymoma 23 0 Urinary bladder Carcinoma TCC 101 0 Small cell/squamous/adeno- 3/5/4 0 Sarcoma 7 0 Uterus Myoma 107 0 Vagina Carcinoma Squamous 5 0 Vulva Carcinoma Squamous 37 0 Various Carcinoid 48 0 Adenomatoid tumor 10 0 Mesothelioma 23 0 Controlsc 30 0

^a Gliob. multif., glioblastoma multiforme; PNET, primitive neuro-ectodermal tumor; cranioph, craniopharyngioma; CIS, carcinoma in situ; MALT, mucosa associated lymphoid tissue; med, medullar; muc, mucinous; tub, tubular; horm (non-)refract, hormonal (non)refractory; angiomyolipo., angiomyoliposarcoma; malign. Schwann., malignant Schwannoma; anglo., angiosarcoma; fibros., fibrosarcoma; alv. soft part sarc., alveolar soft part sarcoma; foll., follical.

^b If containing seminoma in case of combined tumors or embryonal carcinoma elements.

^c Included in all seven slides: skin (n = 4); lymph node (n = 2); heart (n = 2); skeletal muscle (n = 2); smooth muscle (n = 2); myometrium (n = 2); thyroid gland (n = 2); liver (n = 2); kidney cortex (n = 2); prostate (n = 2); testis (n = 2); submand. gland (n = 2); proliferative endometrium (n = 2); gray matter cerebrum (n = 2).

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