CD99 and neoplasm: By immunohistochemistry, the tumor cells expressed synaptophysin, chromogranin, NKX2.2 (diffuse, nuclear), GFAP (patchy), SMI31 (neurofilament) (focal, cytoplasmic), and TdT (diffuse, nuclear), while lacking expression of CD99, TTF-1, CK 20, MCPyV, PHOX2B, Olig2, OCT3/4, CD45, CD3 and PAX5.