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Perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasm (PEComa) harboring TFE3 gene rearrangements in a patient with Lynch syndrome
Pecoma con reordenamiento del gen TFE3 en paciente con síndrome de Lynch
Ana B. Larquéa,
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, Gerard Frigolaa, Natalia Castrejóna, Sherley Díaz-Mercedesa, Eva Musulén Paletb, Carolina Martínez Ciarpaglinic, Stefania Landolfid, Antonio M. Lacye,f, Francesc Balaguerf,g, Miriam Cuatrecasasa,f
a Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Pathology Department, Barcelona, Spain
b Hospital Universitari General de Catalunya, Pathology Department, Sant Cugat del Vallés, Spain
c Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Pathology Department, Valencia, Spain
d Hospital Vall d’Hebrón, Pathology Department, Barcelona, Spain
e Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Barcelona, Spain
f Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
g Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Gastroenterology Department, Barcelona, Spain
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Recently&#44; a subset of PEComas harboring <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">TFE3</span> gene fusions has been described&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0045"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> These tumors present distinctive features from the convectional PEComas and lack co-existing <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">TSC</span> mutations&#46;</p><p id="par0010" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">We report a case of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">TFE3</span> rearrangement-associated PEComa in a 38-year-old LS male with a previous rectal mucinous adenocarcinoma at 32 years of age&#44; treated with neoadjuvant radio-chemotherapy followed by surgical resection&#46; The patient fulfilled the modified Bethesda criteria for LS and genetic testing revealed an exon 8 <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">MSH2</span> duplication&#44; which confirmed the diagnosis of LS&#46; He presented two years later with local recurrence&#44; treated with surgery plus adjuvant chemotherapy&#46; Four years later&#44; a pelvic nodule was detected at follow-up&#44; revealing by MRI a 2&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>cm round&#44; solid nodule on the right iliac chain suggestive of lymph node recurrence&#44; which was surgically resected &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Grossly&#44; the tumor was a firm&#44; well-defined&#44; 2&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>cm solid mass &#40;Fig 1&#41;&#46; Histologically&#44; the neoplasm was composed of nests of neoplastic epithelioid cells with abundant clear cytoplasm and round or oval nuclei with small nucleoli&#44; separated by delicate fibrovascular septa&#44; with presence of hemosiderin and melanin pigments&#46; Occasional nuclear pleomorphism was observed&#44; without necrosis or mitotic activity &#40;Fig 1&#41;&#46; Immunohistochemistry &#40;IHC&#41; 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Most tumors showed MMR deficiency by IHC&#46; This data suggest that sarcomas may occasionally be present as part of the LS-related tumor spectrum&#46;</p><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Our case demonstrates a second neoplasm in a lesion suggestive of a rectal carcinoma lymph node recurrence in a patient with LS&#44; what show the importance of performing a complete histopathological diagnosis including MMR testing in any kind of tumor&#44; either synchronic or metachronic to all LS-patients&#44; especially if they are clinically atypical&#44; given its therapeutic and prognostic implications&#46;</p><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">PEComas which harbor <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">TFE3</span> gene fusion&#44; present distinctive features from conventional PEComas&#44; including younger age at diagnosis&#44; lack of association with tuberous sclerosis&#44; predominant alveolar architecture&#44; and epithelioid cytology&#44; minimal or no IHC positivity for muscle markers&#44; and strong TFE3 positivity&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0045"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> Our case fulfills almost all these criteria except for being a male&#44; since PEComas usually occur in females&#46; Due to the epithelioid morphology&#44; we first ruled out a carcinoma&#44; including a potential metastatic renal cell carcinoma&#46; However&#44; various cytokeratins and PAX-8 were negative&#46; The TFE3 IHC in our case was performed using an automated platform&#46; As is known&#44; TFE3 protein is ubiquitously present in low levels in normal cells&#46; As a result&#44; the antibody often shows low specificity&#44; which may be improved performing manual IHC with overnight incubation&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0045"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> For this reason&#44; the presence of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">TFE3</span> translocations should be confirmed with a FISH assay&#46;</p><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">TFE3</span> rearrangement-associated PEComas share the same clinicopathological spectrum as other <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">TFE3</span> rearrangement-associated tumors such as melanotic <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Xp11</span> translocation renal cancer and melanotic <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Xp11</span> neoplasm&#44; suggesting that they all belong to the same entity&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0050"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> Several authors have proposed the term of &#8220;melanotic <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Xp11</span> neoplasm&#8221; to designate this spectrum of neoplasms&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0050"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a></p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Conventional PEComas are most often associated with a benign clinical course&#44; but a small subset is malignant&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0045"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> Information regarding the clinical behavior of PEComas with <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">TFE3</span> gene fusion remains incomplete due to their low incidence&#46; In the largest series reported of &#8220;melanotic <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Xp11</span> neoplasm&#8221;&#44; the 5-year overall survival and 5-year disease free survival were 47&#46;6&#37; and 35&#46;7&#37; respectively&#44; which points out at a clinically aggressive neoplasm&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0050"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> In our patient&#44; the tumor did not show atypical morphological features and the clinical course of the patient has been uneventful after 68 months follow-up&#46;</p><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In conclusion&#44; we present the first case of a PEComa with a <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">TFE3</span> rearrangement in a patient with LS&#46; This tumor adds to the list of sporadic non-Lynch syndrome-related tumors&#44; and to the data of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">TFE3</span> rearrangement-associated PEComas&#46;</p><span id="sec0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0005">Conflict of interest</span><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare no conflicts of interest&#46;</p></span></span>"
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