Departments of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Departments of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2022 Sep;61(9):572-577. doi: 10.1002/gcc.23053. Epub 2022 May 19.
We report the first case of a primary renal undifferentiated sarcoma harboring an SS18::POU5F1 gene fusion. The patient was a 38 year-old male diagnosed with a 5 cm renal tumor which invaded the adrenal gland and extended into the renal vein. Microscopically, the neoplasm had a predominantly undifferentiated round cell morphology, with areas of rhabdoid and spindle cell growth. Similar to the previously reported cases with this fusion, by immunohistochemistry the neoplasm expressed S100 protein and epithelial markers (diffuse EMA, focal cytokeratin), suggesting the possibility of a myoepithelial phenotype. This report documents another example of a fusion-positive undifferentiated soft tissue sarcoma occurring as a primary renal neoplasm, adding to the already broad list of such entities. It highlights the crucial role of molecular analysis in establishing a specific diagnosis given the overlapping morphology and immunophenotypes such entities may exhibit.
我们报告首例原发性肾脏未分化肉瘤伴 SS18::POU5F1 基因融合。患者为 38 岁男性,诊断为 5cm 大小的肾脏肿瘤,侵犯肾上腺并延伸至肾静脉。显微镜下,肿瘤主要呈未分化的圆形细胞形态,有横纹肌样和梭形细胞生长区域。与之前报道的具有这种融合的病例相似,免疫组化染色肿瘤表达 S100 蛋白和上皮标志物(弥漫性 EMA,局灶性细胞角蛋白),提示可能具有肌上皮表型。本报告记录了另一个融合阳性的未分化软组织肉瘤作为原发性肾脏肿瘤的病例,增加了此类实体的广泛列表。鉴于此类实体可能表现出重叠的形态学和免疫表型,分子分析在建立特定诊断中起着至关重要的作用。