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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 28, 2009; 15(24): 3003-3008
Published online Jun 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3003
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Figure 1 Survival of patients undergoing resection of paraganglioma. Stratified by A: Malignancy (P < 0.001); Stratified by B: Metastasis (P < 0.001); Stratified by C: Nodal status (P < 0.001); Stratified by D: Local invasion (P = 0.708).
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Figure 2 The histologic analysis of paraganglioma. The hematoxylin-eosin stain of chief (type 1) cells arranged in one of the typical cell nests in a retroperitoneal benign tumor (A), and in a femur metastasis (B), (× 50).
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Figure 3 The immunohistochemistry analysis of paraganglioma. The immunolabeling test shows that peripheral to the cell nests are the stellate sustentacular (type 2) cells, intensely brown after S-100 immunolabeling (D), and in some cases CK (A, CgA (B), NSE (C), Syn (E) and vimentin (F) are also positive for paraganglioma, (× 100).