Soft Tissues: Malignant Myoepithelioma
2005-08-01 Eva van den Berg   Affiliation1.Clinical cytogeneticist, Dept. of Clinical Genetics, Academic Hospital Groningen, Ant. Deusinglaan 4, 9713 AW Groningen, the Netherlands
Cytogenetics
Note
This case shares some cytogenetic aberrations described in pleiomorphic adenomas of the salivary gland and basal cell (myoepithelial) adenocarcinoma of the lung especially rearrangements of chromosome 1 and 9 and some numerical chromosomal aberrations mentioned in chordomas, especially losses of chromosomes 3, 4, and to al lesser extent, 10 and 13.
These cytogenetic aberrations seem unrelated to previously reported chromosome changes usually seen in closely related entities like parachordoma and intramuscular mixed tumor in which cases mostly loss of material from the short arm of chromosome 17 was detected.
It might be that soft tissue myoepithelioma is a distinct entity with some resemblance to (para)-chordoma on the one hand and myoepithelioma on the other.
It was recently observed that benign human myoepithelial tumors of diverse sources exhibit common mRNA expression profiles indicative of a tumor-suppressor phenotype.
Article Bibliography
| Pubmed ID | Last Year | Title | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
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| 10809219 | 2000 | Parachordoma exists--but what is it? | Fisher C et al |
| 10478665 | 1999 | Parachordoma is immunohistochemically and cytogenetically distinct from axial chordoma and extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. | Folpe AL et al |
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| 10459346 | 1999 | Cytogenetic analysis of a primary salivary gland myoepithelioma. | el-Naggar AK et al |
| 15120917 | 2004 | Cytogenetics of a soft tissue malignant myoepithelioma. | van den Berg E et al |
Citation
Eva van den Berg
Soft Tissues: Malignant Myoepithelioma
Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol. 2005-08-01
Online version: http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/solid-tumor/5206/soft-tissues-malignant-myoepithelioma
