Table 1 Distribution of eosinophils in invasive and non-invasive squamous neoplasia
Specimen and Diagnosis | Eosinophils/hpf | Eosinophils/10hpf | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 1–4 | 5–9 | 10–20 | >20 | 0 | 1–4 | 5–19 | 20 or greater | |
Biopsy | |||||||||
Invasive CA(41) | 1(2%) | 5(12%) | 8(20%) | 15(36%) | 12(29%) | 1(3%) | 5(12%)1 | 10(24%)1 | 25(61%)1 |
Non-invasive(16) | 13(81%) | 1(6%) | 1(6%) | 1(6%) | none | 7(44%)2 | 6(38%)2 | 3(18%)2 | none |
Excision/Resection | |||||||||
Invasive CA(22) | 1(5%) | 4(18%) | 8(36%) | 6(23%) | 3(14%) | 1(5%) | 3(14%) | 7(31%) | 11(50%) |
Non-invasive(8) | 6(76) | 1(12%) | 1(12%) | none | none | 4(50%) | 3(38%) | 1(12%) | none |