Malignant melanoma is genetically distinct from clear cell sarcoma of tendons and aponeurosis (malignant melanoma of soft parts)

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作者
Langezaal, SM [1 ]
van Roggen, JFG [1 ]
Cleton-Jansen, AM [1 ]
Baelde, JJ [1 ]
Hogendoorn, PCW [1 ]
机构
[1] Leiden Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Pathol, NL-2300 RC Leiden, Netherlands
关键词
soft tissue tumour; sarcoma; clear cell sarcoma; malignant melanoma of soft parts; melanoma; chromosomal rearrangement; RT-PCR;
D O I
10.1054/bjoc.2000.1628
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
Clear cell sarcoma of tendons and aponeuroses (malignant melanoma of soft parts) and conventional malignant melanoma may demonstrate significant morphologic overlap at the light microscopic and ultrastructural level. Consequently, the clinically relevant distinction between primary clear cell sarcoma and metastatic melanoma in the absence of a known primary cutaneous, mucosal or ocular tumour may occasionally cause diagnostic problems, A balanced translocation, t(12;22)(q13;q13), which can be detected, amongst others, using the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), has been identified in a high percentage (50-75%) of clear cell sarcomas and is presumed to be tumour specific. Whether this chromosomal rearrangement is present in malignant melanoma has, to date, not as yet been studied by molecular genetic or molecular cytogenetic techniques, Using RT-PCR and FISH, a series of metastases from 25 known cutaneous melanomas and 8 melanoma cell lines (5 uveal and 3 cutaneous) were screened for the t(12;22)(q13;q13) translocation, Primers for RT-PCR were chosen based upon published breakpoint sequences. The Cosmids G9 and CCS2.2, corresponding to the 5' region of EWS and 3' region of ATF-1 respectively, were used as probes, The translocation was not identified in any of the melanomas or melanoma cell lines analysed in this study; in contrast this translocation was identified in 3 out of 5 clear cell sarcomas using these techniques, This allows distinction between translocation positive cases of clear cell sarcoma and malignant melanoma at a molecular genetic level. Consequently, in diagnostically challenging cases, this represents a valuable tool for the clinicopathologic differentiation between these two entities, with an important impact on patient management and prognosis. (C) 2001 Cancer Research Campaign.
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