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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor with "Pure" Spindle Cell Morphology and Novel

Gaetano Magro, Giuseppe Broggi, Angelica Zin, Vincenzo Di Benedetto, Mariaclaudia Meli, Andrea Di Cataldo, Rita Alaggio, Lucia Salvatorelli

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Gaetano MagroDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, "G. F. Ingrassia", Anatomic Pathology, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Giuseppe BroggiDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, "G. F. Ingrassia", Anatomic Pathology, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2576-6523
Angelica ZinInstitute of Pediatric Research "Città della Speranza", 35127 Padova, Italy.
Vincenzo Di BenedettoDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, "G. F. Ingrassia", Pediatric Surgery Unit, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Mariaclaudia MeliPediatric Oncohematology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7504-314X
Andrea Di CataldoPediatric Oncohematology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4509-3066
Rita AlaggioPathology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Lucia SalvatorelliDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, "G. F. Ingrassia", Anatomic Pathology, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
University of Catania · ITBambino Gesù Children's Hospital · ITCittà della Speranza Foundation · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDesmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) is a rare pediatric soft tissue neoplasm composed of small round tumor cells with prominent stromal desmoplasia, polyphenotypic differentiation and

methodsA 12-year-old boy presented multiple intra-abdominal, confluent and mass-forming nodules that affected the entire abdominal and pelvic cavities.

resultsHistologically, the nodules were composed of spindle cells with scant cytoplasm and oval nuclei arranged into short, intersecting fascicles and set in a scant, non-desmoplastic, stroma. Immunohistochemically, neoplastic cells were stained with vimentin, desmin, WT-1 (C-terminus antibodies) and EMA. Reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis showed the presence of an unusual chimeric transcript, composed of an in-frame junction of exon 9 of

conclusionsThe present case contributes to widen the morphological spectrum of this entity; notably, the additional presence of a novel chimeric fusion transcript contributes to making the present case even more unique. Whether the detection of the above-mentioned fusion transcripts could explain the unusual morphology of the tumor remains to be established.

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desmoplastic small round cell tumordiagnosisEWS-WT1 fusion genepediatric tumorssoft tissue tumors

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PMID33803887
PMCPMC8003219
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