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Calcifying fibrous tumor and inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor are epigenetically related: a comparative genome-wide methylation study

Based on histological findings, calcifying fibrous tumor (CFT) may be a late (burned out) stage of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT). This concept, however, has not been proven by molecular means. Five CFTs were analyzed for IMT-related rearrangements in ALK, ROS1 and RET using fluorescence i...

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Main Authors: Tomassen, Tess (Author) , Kölsche, Christian (Author) , de Leng, Wendy W. J. (Author) , Kommoss, Felix (Author) , Voijs, Carmen M. A. (Author) , Peeters, Ton (Author) , van Noesel, Max M. (Author) , Creytens, David (Author) , van Gorp, Joost M. (Author) , Petersen, Iver (Author) , Vokuhl, Christian Oliver (Author) , Deimling, Andreas von (Author) , Mentzel, Thomas (Author) , Flucke, Uta (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 3 June 2019
In: Annals of diagnostic pathology
Year: 2019, Volume: 41, Pages: 102-105
ISSN:1532-8198
DOI:10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2019.05.013
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2019.05.013
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1092913419301819
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Author Notes:Tess Tomassen, Christian Koelsche, Wendy W.J. de Leng, Felix K.F. Kommoss, Carmen M.A. Voijs, Ton Peeters, Max M. van Noesel, David Creytens, Joost M. van Gorp, Iver Petersen, Christian Vokuhl, Andreas von Deimling, Thomas Mentzel, Uta Flucke
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Summary:Based on histological findings, calcifying fibrous tumor (CFT) may be a late (burned out) stage of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT). This concept, however, has not been proven by molecular means. Five CFTs were analyzed for IMT-related rearrangements in ALK, ROS1 and RET using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Additionally, genome-wide methylation patterns were investigated and compared with IMT (n=7), leiomyoma (n=7), angioleiomyoma (n=9), myopericytoma (n=7) and reactive soft tissue lesions (n=10) using unsupervised hierarchical cluster analysis and t distributed stochastic neighbor embedding. CFT patients, 4 females and 1 male, had a median age of 20years ranging from 7 to 43years. Two patients were younger than 18years old. The tumors originated in the abdomen (n=4) and axilla (n=1). Histologically, all lesions were (multi) nodular and hypocellular consisting of bland looking (myo)fibroblasts embedded in a collagenous matrix with calcifications. FISH analysis brought up negative results for ALK, RET and ROS1 rearrangements. However, genome-wide methylation analysis revealed overlapping methylation patterns of CFT and IMT forming a distinct homogeneous methylation cluster with exception of one case clustering with myopericytoma/angioleiomyoma. In conclusion, DNA methylation profiling supports the concept that CFT and IMT represent both ends of a spectrum of one entity with CFT being the burn out stage of IMT.
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ISSN:1532-8198
DOI:10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2019.05.013

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