An unusual case of primary splenic soft part alveolar sarcoma: case report and review of the literature with emphasis on the spectrum of TFE3-associated neoplasms

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2024年4月20日

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René Guérin,
Anne-Lise Menard,
Emilie Angot,
Nicolas Piton,
Pierre Vera,
Lilian Schwarz,
Jean-Christophe Sabourin,
Marick Laé,
Pierre-Alain Thiébaut

摘要

Background

Alveolar soft part sarcoma is a rare tumour of soft tissues, mostly localized in muscles or deep soft tissues of the extremities. In rare occasions, this tumour develops in deep tissues of the abdomen or pelvis.

Case presentation

In this case report, we described the case of a 46 year old man who developed a primary splenic alveolar soft part sarcoma. The tumour displayed typical morphological alveolar aspect, as well as immunohistochemical profile notably TFE3 nuclear staining. Detection of ASPSCR1 Exon 7::TFE3 Exon 6 fusion transcript in molecular biology and TFE3 rearrangement in FISH confirmed the diagnosis.

Conclusion

We described the first case of primary splenic alveolar soft part sarcoma, which questions once again the cell of origin of this rare tumour.