Microsatellite instability in a pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma in a patient with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer
Microsatellite instability in a pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma in a patient with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer
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DOI:
10.1046/j.1365-2559.2003.01681.x
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发表时间:
2003-09-01
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影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
Dinjens, WNM
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作者:
den Bakker, MA;Seynaeve, C;Dinjens, WNM
Aims: To describe the rare occurrence of a pleomorphic sarcoma with microsatellite instability in a patient with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC).Methods and results: A soft tissue tumour was removed from the upper leg of a patient who had previously been shown to harbour a germ-line MSH-2 mutation. The tumour was analysed with immunohistochemistry and molecular methods. The morphology and immunohistochemical findings were in keeping with a pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma. Microsatellite instability was documented in the tumour with molecular methods and in addition loss of MSH-2 expression in the tumour cells was confirmed by immunohistochemistry.Conclusions: Although sarcomas do not form part of the HNPCC diagnostic criteria, they may occur in this mismatch repair syndrome and, moreover, may well be caused by the underlying genetic defect.