Jason W Chan1, Iwei Yeh2, Ivan H El-Sayed3, Alain P Algazi4, Christine M Glastonbury5, Patrick K Ha3, Sue S Yom1, Annemieke van Zante6. 1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California. 2. Departments of Dermatology and Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California. 3. Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California. 4. Department of Medicine - Hematology/Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California. 5. Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California. 6. Department of Anatomic Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary site (HNSCCUP) is a diagnostic challenge. Identification of an ultraviolet (UV) light-related DNA damage signature using next-generation sequencing (NGS) can classify the primary site of origin as cutaneous. METHODS: A 62-year-old male was seen with 2 months of left neck swelling. He was a lifetime nonsmoker but had a history of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the left helix. He was also found to have left hilar adenopathy. He had a p16-negative HNSCCUP on fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy of the left neck. RESULTS: NGS of the FNA specimen revealed a high number of somatic mutations that were mostly C to T transitions, indicating a UV mutation signature and confirming the diagnosis of cutaneous SCC. CONCLUSIONS: Identification of a UV DNA damage signature with NGS distinguishes HNSCCUP of cutaneous vs mucosal or other squamous cell carcinoma origin.
BACKGROUND: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary site (HNSCCUP) is a diagnostic challenge. Identification of an ultraviolet (UV) light-related DNA damage signature using next-generation sequencing (NGS) can classify the primary site of origin as cutaneous. METHODS: A 62-year-old male was seen with 2 months of left neck swelling. He was a lifetime nonsmoker but had a history of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the left helix. He was also found to have left hilar adenopathy. He had a p16-negative HNSCCUP on fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy of the left neck. RESULTS: NGS of the FNA specimen revealed a high number of somatic mutations that were mostly C to T transitions, indicating a UV mutation signature and confirming the diagnosis of cutaneous SCC. CONCLUSIONS: Identification of a UV DNA damage signature with NGS distinguishes HNSCCUP of cutaneous vs mucosal or other squamous cell carcinoma origin.
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