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Next-Generation Sequencing Reveals a New Class of Melanocytic Neoplasms With Hybrid Genomic Features of PEM Including Protein Kinase R 1 Alpha Gene Inactivation and Spitz Tumor–Defining Protein Kinase Fusions

Autor: Jeffrey, Zhao, Nathaniel, Lampley, Sarah, Benton, Shantel, Olivares, Bin, Zhang, Andrew, Roth, Anastasiya, Boutko, Artur, Zembowicz, Pedram, Gerami
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: The American Journal of Dermatopathology. 44:568-574
ISSN: 0193-1091
DOI: 10.1097/dad.0000000000002223
Popis: Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma (PEM) is a subtype of melanocytic tumor with frequent involvement of the sentinel lymph node but rare distant metastasis. Rendering a diagnosis and prognosis based on histology can be challenging. Recent genomic studies identified 2 molecular variants of PEM. One variant is characterized by the activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway and inactivation of the PRKAR1a gene. The other is associated with genomic fusions involving the protein kinase C ( PRKC ) gene family.We investigated the molecular and clinicopathologic features of previously unreported PEM cases to improve tumor classification and report new classes of PEM.Next-generation sequencing and histomorphologic assessment was performed on 13 PEM cases.We identified 2 novel PEM classes. Three cases harbored PRKAR1a inactivation and genomic fusions ( ALK , NTRK , and MAP3K8 ). These tumors had overlapping histologic features with pigmented Spitz neoplasms. Three cases had genomic fusions involving PRKCB . These cases had overlapping features with PRKCA fusions but, in 2 cases, had a notable spindle cell component.The overall sample size and amount of clinical follow-up is limited, leaving some uncertainty regarding the expected clinical course of these novel cases.PRKAR1a-inactivated/Spitz fusion-associated PEMs and PRKCB fusion-associated PEMs represent 2 new molecular classes of PEM.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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