Osteosarcoma With Apparent Ewing Sarcoma Gene Rearrangement. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Poorly differentiated round cell sarcomas present diagnostic challenges because of their variable morphology and lack of specific immunophenotypic markers. We present a case of a 15-year-old female with a tibial tumor that exhibited features of Ewing-like sarcoma, including apparent rearrangement of the EWSR1 gene. Hybridization capture-based next-generation DNA sequencing showed evidence of complex genomic rearrangements, absence of known pathogenic Ewing-like chromosome translocations, and deletions RB1, PTCH1, and ATRX, supporting the diagnosis of osteosarcoma. This illustrates the potential of clinical genomic profiling to improve diagnosis and enable specifically targeted therapies for cancers with complex pathologies.

publication date

  • July 1, 2016

Research

keywords

  • Gene Rearrangement
  • Osteosarcoma
  • Sarcoma, Ewing

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC4928585

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84978531836

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/MPH.0000000000000553

PubMed ID

  • 27352193

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 38

issue

  • 5