Pediatric intracerebral histiocytic sarcoma with rhabdoid features: Case report and literature review

Autor: Kyu Chan Lee, Na Rae Kim, Hyun Yee Cho, Gie-Taek Yie, Jae Yeon Seok, Eung Yeop Kim, In-Sang Jeon, Young Hye Kim
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Neuropathology. 37:560-568
ISSN: 0919-6544
DOI: 10.1111/neup.12396
Popis: A 16-year-old boy presented with marked weight loss, weakness of the left extremities and dizziness of 2 months duration and vomiting for 2 days. Brain MRI showed an approximately 6.5 × 5.3 cm-sized huge heterogeneous enhancing mass located in the corpus callosum, extending into the lateral ventricle. Open biopsy showed that the lesion consisted of lymphoplasmacytes and plump histiocytes with rhabdoid morphology, which were stained with S-100 protein, CD68 (KP1) and negative for CD1a. Histiocytic tumor was initially diagnosed. Chemotherapy using methotrexate, 6-mercaptopurine, vinblastine, interferon-alpha and dexamethasone was performed. After 5 months, partial removal was done. Microscopically, plump and bizarre tumor cells as well as rhabdoid features were found. Occasional spindle cells and necrosis were also found. These cells were positive for CD163, CD68, lysozyme, CD4, INI-1 and BRG1. BRAF V600E mutation was detected. The lesion was finally diagnosed as histiocytic sarcoma. Radiotherapy (6000 cGy in 30 fractions) was done. Both cerebral and extracerebral histiocytic sarcomas have long been diagnosed by unclarified criteria; its rarity as well as previously unclarified criteria can easily lead to a misinterpretation. Histiocytic sarcoma of the CNS is exceptionally rare in children, associated with an exceptionally poor prognosis. To date, only seven cases of pediatric cerebral histiocytic sarcomas have been reported. The present case is the first pediatric case showing BRAF V600E-mutated intracerebral histiocytic sarcoma.
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