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ArticleHead and neck pathology2025

Rare FUS::FEV-Rearranged Adamantinoma-Like Ewing Sarcoma Arising in the Submandibular Gland.

Tomilola Agboola, Daniel L Miller

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Tomilola AgboolaDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, MS 8118-04-03, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Daniel L MillerDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave, MS 8118-04-03, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA. daniel.miller@wustl.edu.

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Abstract

backgroundAdamantimoma-Like Ewing Sarcoma (ALES) is a rare variant of Ewing sarcoma that poses significant diagnostic challenges in the head and neck due to morphologic overlap with basaloid carcinomas and neuroendocrine neoplasms. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a middle-aged man with a left submandibular gland mass showing classic histologic features of ALES, including basaloid nests with peripheral palisading, rosette formation, and high mitotic activity.

resultsImmunohistochemistry showed co-expression of p63/p40, CD99, and cytokeratins, with patchy synaptophysin positivity and an elevated Ki-67 proliferation index. FISH for EWSR1 was negative, but next-generation sequencing identified a rare FUS::FEV fusion, previously reported only three times in ALES and never in the submandibular gland.

conclusionThis case highlights the importance of extended molecular testing when EWSR1 FISH is negative; as alternate FET::ETS fusions may underlie the diagnosis.

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AdamantinomaRNA-Binding Protein FUSSarcoma, EwingSubmandibular Gland NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorHumansMaleMiddle AgedOncogene Proteins, FusionBiomarkers, TumorFUS protein, humanOncogene Proteins, FusionRNA-Binding Protein FUSAdamantinoma-Like Ewing SarcomaFUS::FEV fusionSalivary gland malignant neoplasm

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PMCPMC12602843

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