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ReviewJournal of medical case reports2019

Activating BRAF mutation in sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia of the thyroid gland: two case reports and review of the literature.

Jasmine S Sukumar, Senthil Sukumar, Darshana Purohit, Brian J Welch, Jyoti Balani, Shirley Yan, Sumitha S Hathiramani

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Review in Journal of medical case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Jasmine S SukumarDepartment of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
Senthil SukumarDepartment of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
Darshana PurohitDepartment of Endocrinology, Capital Diabetes and Endocrine Associates, 5801 Allentown Road, Suite 500, Camp Springs, MD, 20746, USA.
Brian J WelchDepartment of Endocrinology, Baylor University Medical Center, 3500 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, TX, 75246, USA.
Jyoti BalaniDepartment of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
Shirley YanDepartment of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
Sumitha S HathiramaniDepartment of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA. sumitha.hathiramani@va.gov.
Southwestern Medical CenterBaylor University Medical Center · USDiabetes & Endocrine Associates · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USVA North Texas Health Care System · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia is a rare form of thyroid carcinoma. The underlying molecular mechanisms of sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia tumorigenesis remain unknown. CASE PRESENTATION: We present two cases of sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia, both with a concurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma. Patient 1, a 70-year-old Caucasian woman, presented with sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia with distant renal metastasis and coexisting papillary thyroid carcinoma. Patient 2, a 74-year-old Caucasian woman with a remote history of thyroid cancer treated with thyroidectomy, presented with locoregionally invasive sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia and recurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma in the thyroid bed. BRAF mutation studies were performed on the sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia tumors. In both cases, sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia was positive for the BRAF V600E mutation by polymerase chain reaction. Patient 1 is the first reported case of sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia with renal metastasis, to the best of our knowledge.

conclusionsOur findings suggest, for the first time, to our knowledge, involvement of the RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK signaling pathway in the pathogenesis of sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia. Thus, BRAF inhibitors may prove to be a useful targeted medical therapy in the treatment of a subset of patients with aggressive sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia tumors who exhibit BRAF activating mutation.

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AgedAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, MucoepidermoidEosinophiliaFemaleHumansKidney NeoplasmsMutationProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafThyroidectomyThyroid NeoplasmsTreatment OutcomeAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafBRAFRenal metastasesSclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophiliaThyroid cancerV600E

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PMID31882020
PMCPMC6935143
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