Yin Xiaona, Ye Lin, Xu Jiayun, Zhao Ming
Ningbo Clinical Pathology Diagnosis Center, #685 Huancheng North Road, Ningbo, 315000, China.
Department of Pathology, Chain Medical Labs, Hangzhou, 311100, China.
Virchows Arch. 2025 May 14. doi: 10.1007/s00428-025-04126-1.
Sarcomas with RAD51B fusions are rare, recently recognized neoplasms that predominantly arise in the uterus. They showed heterogeneous phenotypic features and are typically associated with aggressive biological behaviors. To date, only 14 cases of RAD51B-rearranged sarcomas have been reported in English literature, including 6 perivascular epithelioid cell tumors, 6 leiomyosarcomas, and 2 undifferentiated sarcomas (both uterine in origin). We present an additional case of uterine sarcoma with RAD51B rearrangement. The patient was a 71-year-old woman with a 5.0-cm polypoid mass in the uterine cavity. Histologically, the tumor was composed of spindle to pleomorphic cells arranged in storiform and fascicular patterns within variably myxoid and collagenous stroma. The neoplastic cells had vesicular to hyperchromatic nuclei with occasional multinucleation, with a mitotic rate of 3/10 high-power fields. Notable stromal features included staghorn shaped blood vessels, thick band-like collagen deposition, and prominent chronic inflammatory infiltrates. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells showed diffuse and strong positivity for CD34, P53, and P16, with focal expression of pan-TRK and smooth muscle actin. Targeted RNA-sequencing revealed NUDT3::RAD51B fusion, which was confirmed by fluorescence in situ hybridization of RAD51B rearrangement. The patient had been free of disease at 22 months' follow-up. This case further illustrates the phenotypic heterogeneity of RAD51B-rearranged sarcomas and expands their clinicopathological and molecular genetic spectrum.
具有RAD51B融合的肉瘤是罕见的、最近才被认识的肿瘤,主要发生于子宫。它们表现出异质性的表型特征,通常与侵袭性生物学行为相关。迄今为止,英文文献中仅报道了14例RAD51B重排肉瘤,包括6例血管周上皮样细胞瘤、6例平滑肌肉瘤和2例未分化肉瘤(均起源于子宫)。我们报告了1例额外的具有RAD51B重排的子宫肉瘤病例。患者为一名71岁女性,宫腔内有一个5.0厘米的息肉样肿物。组织学上,肿瘤由梭形至多形性细胞组成,在不同程度的黏液样和胶原性间质中呈车辐状和束状排列。肿瘤细胞具有泡状至深染的细胞核,偶尔有多核现象,有丝分裂率为3/10个高倍视野。显著的间质特征包括鹿角形血管、厚的带状胶原沉积和显著的慢性炎性浸润。免疫组化显示,肿瘤细胞对CD34、P53和P16呈弥漫性强阳性,泛TRK和平滑肌肌动蛋白呈局灶性表达。靶向RNA测序揭示了NUDT3::RAD51B融合,这通过RAD51B重排的荧光原位杂交得以证实。该患者在22个月的随访中无疾病复发。该病例进一步说明了RAD51B重排肉瘤的表型异质性,并扩展了它们的临床病理和分子遗传学谱。