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Maria Apellaniz-Ruiz1,2, Noelle Cullinan3, Ronald Grant3, Paula Marrano4, John R Priest5, Paul S Thorner4,6, Catherine Goudie7, William D Foulkes1,2,8,9.
Abstract
Individuals with DICER1 syndrome, a genetic disorder caused by pathogenic germline variants in DICER1, are at increased risk of developing a wide array of predominantly childhood onset conditions, including genitourinary sarcomas. However, data on DICER1 involvement in paratesticular sarcomas have not been published. Herein, we analyse a series of 15 paediatric paratesticular sarcomas and describe in detail the case of a male infant with a paratesticular myxoid tumour, considered to be a low-grade sarcoma, who also manifested a cystic nephroma, a classic DICER1 syndrome phenotype. He harboured a pathogenic germline DICER1 variant and different somatic hot-spot mutations in each tumour. The paratesticular tumour showed strong and diffuse expression for WT1 and CD10, an unusual immunophenotype in paediatric sarcomas, but typical of tumours of Müllerian origin. The tumour was postulated to arise from the appendix testis, a Müllerian remnant located in the paratestis. Such an origin would be analogous to other DICER1-associated non-epithelial gynaecological tumours, thought to arise from Müllerian derivatives. These findings point towards a key role of DICER1 in Müllerian-derived structures. Supporting this hypothesis is the fact that the other paratesticular sarcomas from the series were either negative or focally positive for WT1 and for CD10, and none had any DICER1 mutations. In summary, we present the first case of a paratesticular sarcoma associated with DICER1 syndrome, emphasising that paratesticular tumours with an unusual histological appearance may suggest an underlying DICER1 mutation, especially in the presence of a personal or family history of DICER1-associated disease. In this context, DICER1 mutation testing could lead to changes in clinical care including implementation of cancer care surveillance strategies.Entities:
Keywords: zzm321990DICER1 testing; DICER1 syndrome; Müllerian origin; genitourinary tract; paratesticular sarcoma
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32222066 PMCID: PMC7339209 DOI: 10.1002/cjp2.164
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pathol Clin Res ISSN: 2056-4538
Characteristics of the series of patients included in the study
| Case ID | Age | Follow‐up time | Disease outcome | Pathology | Anaplasia | CD10 expression | WT1 expression | Desmin expression | Myogenin expression |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case report | 10mo | 16y 11mo | NED | Low grade myxoid sarcoma | No | Diff Pos | Diff Pos | Negative | Negative | Mutated |
| 1 | 15y 5mo | 7y 11mo | NED | ERMS | No | Foc pos | Negative | Positive | Positive | No RNase IIIb hot‐spot |
| 2 | 4y 10mo | 14y 9mo | NED | ERMS | No | Negative | Foc pos | Positive | Positive | No RNase IIIb hot‐spot |
| 3 | 6y 2mo | 12y 3mo | NED | ERMS | No | Foc pos | Foc pos | Positive | Positive | No RNase IIIb hot‐spot |
| 4 | 5mo | 26y 3mo | NED | Ectomesenchymoma | No | Foc pos | Foc pos | Positive | Positive | No RNase IIIb hot‐spot |
| 5 | 5y 10mo | 7y 3mo | NED | ERMS | Yes | Negative | Foc pos | Positive | Positive | No RNase IIIb hot‐spot |
| 6 | 14y 11mo | 2y 9mo | NED | ERMS | Yes | Negative | Foc pos | Positive | Positive | No RNase IIIb hot‐spot |
| 7 | 18y | 12y | NED | ERMS | No | Negative | Negative | Positive | Positive | Wild type |
| 8 | 13y 6mo | 7y 2mo | NED | ERMS | Yes | Negative | Negative | Positive | Positive | No RNase IIIb hot‐spot |
| 9 | 6y | 11y 6mo | NED | ERMS | No | Negative | Negative | Positive | Positive | Wild type |
| 10 | 4y 3mo | 12y 10mo | NED | ERMS | No | Negative | Negative | Positive | Positive | Wild type |
| 11 | 3y 7 mo | 6y 6mo | NED | ERMS | No | Negative | Foc pos | Positive | Positive | No RNase IIIb hot‐spot |
| 12 | 7y | 3y | DOD | ERMS | Yes | Foc pos | Negative | Positive | Positive | Wild type |
| 13 | 6y 11mo | 3y 6mo | NED | ERMS | Yes | Negative | Negative | Positive | Positive | Wild type |
| 14 | 15y 7mo | 1y 11mo | NED | ERMS | No | Negative | Foc pos | Positive | Positive | Wild type |
Abbreviations: Diff pos, diffusely positive; DOD, died of disease; ERMS, embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma; Foc pos, focally positive; mo, months; NED, no evidence of disease; y, years.
DICER1 status: ‘Mutated’, case with a loss‐of‐function variant and a hot‐spot missense mutation in DICER1; ‘No RNase IIIb hot‐spot’, case with low Fluidigm target coverage but no hot‐spot mutation in RNase IIIb by Sanger sequencing; ‘Wild type’, case with good Fluidigm target coverage that do not harbour mutations in DICER1 coding sequence or splice sites.
Figure 1Immunohistopathological characterisation of the CN. (A) and (B) The features of a CN consisting of a multi‐locular cyst lined by a single layer of hobnailed epithelial cells. The intervening septa are thin and consist of loose fibrovascular tissue containing scattered inflammatory cells but no blastema. There was no solid component to the specimen. (C) Staining for WT1 was negative except for very occasional stromal cells (arrow) and (D) staining for CD10 was negative. Haematoxylin and eosin, original total magnification ×100 (A) and ×200 (B). Immunoperoxidase, original total magnification ×200 (C, D).
Figure 2Immunohistopathological characterisation of the paratesticular myxoid sarcoma. The tumour infiltrates the paratesticular soft tissue (A) but does not involve the testis and is composed of small stellate cells with scanty cytoplasm separated by abundant myxoid matrix (B). Nuclei are relatively uniform in appearance with small nucleoli in the larger nuclei (C). Mitotic figures are identified (arrow). Immunohistochemical staining shows cytoplasmic positivity for desmin (D) and keratin (E) whereas staining for myogenin (F) is negative. The tumour also shows strong nuclear expression for WT1 (G) and cell surface staining for CD10 (H). Cases of paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma were either negative for WT1 or focally positive (I) and, similarly, for CD10 (not illustrated). Haematoxylin and eosin, original total magnification ×40 (A); ×200 (B); ×400 (C). Immunoperoxidase, original total magnification ×200 (E‐I).
Figure 3Germline and somatic DICER1 mutations. Panel (A) shows the c.4308_4311del (p.A1436fs) pathogenic germline variant found in both the paratesticular myxoid sarcoma and the CN. The chromatogram shows the variant in normal tissue, confirming its germline origin. Panel (B) displays the c.5114A > T (p.E1705V) somatic DICER1 mutation identified in the paratesticular myxoid sarcoma. Panel (C) shows the c.5428G > T (p.D1810Y) somatic DICER1 mutation identified in the CN. B and C show both the Fluidigm array results (upper image) and Sanger sequencing (chromatogram). The corresponding wild type sequence is included below. In the chromatograms, the germline deletion is indicated with a rectangle and mutations with an asterisk. Abbreviations: Mut allele freq, mutant allele frequency.