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ArticleVirchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology2022

Unusual split green-orange signals in USP6 fluorescence in situ hybridization in a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with a novel NF1-SCIMP fusion: a potential diagnostic pitfall.

Yan Qiu, Wenyi Jing, Ying Zhou, Huijiao Chen, Min Chen, Hongying Zhang

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Article in Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Yan QiuDepartment of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxuexiang 37, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Wenyi JingDepartment of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxuexiang 37, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Ying ZhouDepartment of Pathology, Neijiang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Neijiang, China.
Huijiao ChenDepartment of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxuexiang 37, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Min ChenDepartment of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxuexiang 37, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China.
Hongying ZhangDepartment of Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxuexiang 37, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China. hy_zhang@scu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4748-4121
Sichuan University · CNNeijiang Normal University · CN

Funding

135 Project for Disciplines of Excellence-Clinical Research Incubation Project, West China Hospital, Sichuan University No. 2018HXFH011Key R&D (Major Science and Technology Project) Project of Sichuan Science and Technology Department No. 2020YFS0270National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 81972520, 81472510
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Abstract

Deletion of the neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) gene is common, but NF1 rearrangement or fusion has rarely been reported in peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Here, we present a case of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) in a 36-year-old Chinese female. Histologically, the lesion was composed of spindle cells with moderate atypia, immature bone, and atypical cartilage elements. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for USP6 revealed green-orange split signals, strongly suggesting the presence of USP6 rearrangement. Subsequent next-generation sequencing-based technology analyses revealed t(17,17) (p13.2, q11.2) intrachromosomal translocation resulting in a novel NF1-SCIMP fusion gene along with NF1 deletion. However, USP6 fusion was not identified. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case with a confirmed NF1 gene fusion partner in a peripheral nerve sheath tumor. Notably, rearrangement of the SCIMP may cause a pitfall in the interpretation of USP6 FISH results.

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Citrus sinensisNerve Sheath NeoplasmsNeurofibromatosis 1NeurofibrosarcomaChromosome AberrationsFemaleGene FusionHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceUbiquitin ThiolesteraseUbiquitin ThiolesteraseUSP6 protein, humanMalignant peripheral nerve sheath tumorNF1-SCIMP fusionUSP6 rearrangement

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