Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor of the Floor of Mouth: First Reported Case in the Oral Cavity of an Adult

Wetzel, Stephanie L.; Kerpel, Stanley M.; Reich, R.; Freedman, Paul D.

doi:10.1007/s12105-014-0555-3

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“…Finally, our study for the first time in some details describes adult-onset RT. Although the presence of rhabdoid features is frequently depicted in various malignancies, genuine extra-cranial RT are very rarely reported in adults [ 24 – 29 ], raising some doubts about diagnostic accuracy in such cases. In our hands, not all of the presumed adult RT are confirmed to be true “molecular” RT; such a distinction should have clinical implication, especially for the interpretation of adults phase I-II trials that aim to target RT vulnerability defined on pediatric tumors.…”

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Embryonic signature distinguishes pediatric and adult rhabdoid tumors from other SMARCB1-deficient cancers

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Extra-cranial rhabdoid tumors (RT) are highly aggressive malignancies of infancy, characterized by undifferentiated histological features and loss of SMARCB1 expression. The diagnosis is all the more challenging that other poorly differentiated cancers lose SMARCB1 expression, such as epithelioid sarcomas (ES), renal medullary carcinomas (RMC) or undifferentiated chordomas (UC). Moreover, late cases occurring in adults are now increasingly reported, raising the question of differential diagnoses and emphasizing nosological issues. To address this issue, we have analyzed the expression profiles of a training set of 32 SMARCB1-deficient tumors (SDT), with ascertained diagnosis of RT (n = 16, all < 5 years of age), ES (n = 8, all > 10 years of age), UC (n = 3) and RMC (n = 5). As compared with other SDT, RT are characterized by an embryonic signature, and up-regulation of key-actors of de novo DNA methylation processes. Using this signature, we then analysed the expression profiling of 37 SDT to infer the appropriate diagnosis. Thirteen adult onset tumors showed strong similarity with pediatric RT, in spite of older age; by exome sequencing, these tumors also showed genomic features indistinguishable from pediatric RT. In contrary, 8 tumors were reclassified within carcinoma, ES or UC categories, while the remaining could not be related to any of those entities. Our results demonstrate that embryonic signature is shared by all RT, whatever the age at diagnosis; they also illustrate that many adult-onset SDT of ambiguous histological diagnosis are clearly different from RT. Finally, our study paves the way for the routine use of expression-based signatures to give accurate diagnosis of SDT.

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