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Sowińska-Przepiera E, Krzyścin M, Przepiera A, Brodowska A, Malanowska E, Kozłowski M, Cymbaluk-Płoska A. Late Diagnosis of Swyer Syndrome in a Patient with Bilateral Germ Cell Tumor Treated with a Contraceptive Due to Primary Amenorrhea. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023; 20:2139. [PMID: 36767504 PMCID: PMC9916373 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20032139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Swyer syndrome is a special form of DSD (disorders of sex development), so-called pure gonadal dysgenesis with a karyotype 46, XY and a female phenotype. One of the most important problems in patients with DSD is the risk of gonadal tumors. We present a case of a 26-year-old patient with Swyer syndrome. The patient had primary amenorrhea and no puberty characteristics. In ultrasound imaging in the vicinity of the uterus, there were two homogeneous structures. A genetic diagnosis was also performed, which showed karyotype 46, XY. The patient underwent a bilateral gonadectomy. Histopathological examination revealed the presence of dysgerminoma in both dysgenetic gonads. The follow-up of five years now did not show any changes suspected of invasion. We concluded that the primary amenorrhea, along with the absence of development of sexual characteristics, should prompt an expanded diagnosis for disorders of sex development. Gonadal dysgerminoma should be suspected even in the absence of tumor features on ultrasound and blood laboratory tests. Early prophylactic gonadectomy could protect patients from developing tumors in dysgenetic gonads.
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Affiliation(s)
- Elżbieta Sowińska-Przepiera
- Department of Endocrinology, Metabolic and Internal Diseases, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Unii Lubelskiej 1, 71-252 Szczecin, Poland
- Pediatric, Adolescent Gynecology Clinic, Department of Gynecology, Endocrinology and Gynecological Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Unii Lubelskiej 1, 71-252 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Endocrinology, Metabolic and Internal Diseases, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Unii Lubelskiej 1, 71-252 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Urology and Urologic Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Al. Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Gynecology, Endocrinology and Gynecological Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Unii Lubelskiej 1, 71-252 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Gynecology, Endocrinology and Gynecological Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Unii Lubelskiej 1, 71-252 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Reconstructive Surgery and Gynecological Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Al. Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Reconstructive Surgery and Gynecological Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Al. Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
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Costanzo M, Touzon MS, Marino R, Guercio G, Ramirez P, Mattone MC, Pérez Garrido N, Bailez MM, Vaiani E, Ciaccio M, Galluzzo Mutti ML, Belgorosky A, Berensztein E. Gonadal tumor development in 46,XX disorders of gonadal development. Eur J Endocrinol 2022; 187:451-462. [PMID: 35900314 DOI: 10.1530/eje-22-0283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Differences/disorders of sex development (DSD) are congenital conditions in which the development of chromosomal, gonadal, or anatomical sex is atypical. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to report the histological characteristics and immunoexpression patterns of gonadal parenchyma in patients with 46,XX testicular and ovotesticular DSD, with a focus on the detection of germ cell malignancies. DESIGN Inclusion criteria were SRY-negative 46,XX testicular and ovotesticular DSD with available samples from gonadal biopsy or gonadectomy for the review of histological findings. Gonadal histology was assessed on hematoxylin and eosin-stained sections and immunohistochemical analysis. Histopathological criteria from the last World Health Organization classification of urogenital tumors were used to identify undifferentiated gonadal tissue, gonadoblastoma, and dysgerminoma. RESULTS Median age at first histological evaluation of gonadal samples was 1.46 years (range: 0.16-16 years). Totally 15 patients were classified as ovotesticular and only 1 as testicular DSD. Most individuals had bilateral ovotestes (12/15). No histological alterations were found in the ovarian parenchyma, while signs of dysgenesis were seen in all cases of testicular parenchyma. In 4/15 ovotesticular DSD, a prepubertal biopsy failed to identify ovarian parenchyma. We detected early prepubertal preinvasive and invasive malignancies in this cohort (five patients had undifferentiated gonadal tissue, five gonadoblastoma, and one dysgerminoma). CONCLUSION 46,XX disorders of gonadal development are historically considered at a low risk for germ cell cancer, and the need for assessment of gonadal histology has been questioned. The finding of early germ cell malignancies in our cohort brings awareness and needs further research.
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- Mariana Costanzo
- Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital de Pediatría 'Prof. Dr. Juan Pedro Garrahan', Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital de Pediatría 'Prof. Dr. Juan Pedro Garrahan', Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital de Pediatría 'Prof. Dr. Juan Pedro Garrahan', Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital de Pediatría 'Prof. Dr. Juan Pedro Garrahan', Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital de Pediatría 'Prof. Dr. Juan Pedro Garrahan', Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital de Pediatría 'Prof. Dr. Juan Pedro Garrahan', Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital de Pediatría 'Prof. Dr. Juan Pedro Garrahan', Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Cirugía, Hospital de Pediatría 'Prof. Dr. Juan Pedro Garrahan', Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital de Pediatría 'Prof. Dr. Juan Pedro Garrahan', Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital de Pediatría 'Prof. Dr. Juan Pedro Garrahan', Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital de Pediatría 'Prof. Dr. Juan Pedro Garrahan', Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital de Pediatría 'Prof. Dr. Juan Pedro Garrahan', Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2da. Unidad Académica de Histología, Departamento de Histología y Biología Celular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Yin M, Yang J, Tian Q, Zhang X. Ovarian gonadoblastoma with dysgerminoma in a girl with 46,XX karyotype 17a-hydroxylase/17, 20-lyase deficiency: A case report and literature review. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:989695. [PMID: 36589847 PMCID: PMC9797587 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.989695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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17α-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency (17-OHD), caused by mutations in the gene of the cytochrome P450 family 17 subfamily A member 1 (CYP17A1), is a rare type of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), usually characterized by cortisol and sex steroid deficiency combined with excessive mineralocorticoid. Gonadoblastoma is a relatively rare ovarian tumor that is frequently seen among patients with 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis. Rarely have they been reported in female patients with normal 46,XX karyotype. Here, we report an interesting case of an 11-year-old Chinese girl who presented acute abdominal pain that was later attributed to tumor rupture of right ovarian gonadoblastoma with dysgerminoma. Further evaluations revealed hypertension and hypokalemia. Hormonal findings showed increased progesterone, hypergonadotropic hypogonadism, and low cortisol levels. Her chromosome karyotype was 46,XX without Y chromosome material detected. Genetic analysis revealed that the patient had a homozygous pathogenic variant c.985_987delTACinsAA (p.Y329Kfs*90) in exon 6 of the CYP17A1 gene and that her parents were all heterozygous carriers of this pathogenic variant. Due to the variable clinical manifestations of 17-OHD, meticulous assessment including genetic analysis is necessary. Further study is warranted to unravel the mechanism of gonadoblastoma in a patient with normal karyotypes.
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This report deals with 12 cases of gonadoblastoma submitted to the Ovarian Tumour Panel of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. These tumours are found in children and young adults. Children may present with obvious genital malformation, retarded growth or precocious puberty. In adults the main complaint is amenorrhoea but sometimes there is associated masculinization. Histologically the gonadoblastoma has a distinctive structure, easily recognized in most instances. The most important feature is the instability of the germ cells in these tumours. Nine of these cases showed an associated dysgerminoma, bilateral in 4. In any cases of suspected gonadal dysgenesis presumptive evidence of diagnosis is suggested by the presence of a Y chromosome, raised gonadotrophin output and pelvic calcification on X-ray examination. At operation, streak tissue on both sides must be removed since these tumours are frequently microscopic in size. For the same reason the tissue removed should be serially sectioned.
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A case of familial testicular malignancy in a father and his son is reported. This represents the seventh described case of father-son testicular cancer. The father had seminoma and the son had teratocarcinoma. Both patients’ peripheral blood lymphocytes were tested for 52 HLA specificities: the father's antigens were HLA A3, B13, B14, Cw6, Cw8 and the son's were HLA A2, A3, B14, Cw8. (Common haplotype: A3, B14, Cw8). The association between HLA antigens and testicular cancer is discussed.
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Yamaguchi S, Marumoto T, Nii T, Kawano H, Liao J, Nagai Y, Okada M, Takahashi A, Inoue H, Sasaki E, Fujii H, Okano S, Ebise H, Sato T, Suyama M, Okano H, Miura Y, Tani K. Characterization of common marmoset dysgerminoma-like tumor induced by the lentiviral expression of reprogramming factors. Cancer Sci 2014; 105:402-8. [PMID: 24521492 PMCID: PMC4317795 DOI: 10.1111/cas.12367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2013] [Revised: 01/14/2014] [Accepted: 02/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Recent generation of induced pluripotent stem (iPSCs) has made a significant impact on the field of human regenerative medicine. Prior to the clinical application of iPSCs, testing of their safety and usefulness must be carried out using reliable animal models of various diseases. In order to generate iPSCs from common marmoset (CM; Callithrix jacchus), one of the most useful experimental animals, we have lentivirally transduced reprogramming factors, including POU5F1 (also known as OCT3/4), SOX2, KLF4, and c-MYC into CM fibroblasts. The cells formed round colonies expressing embryonic stem cell markers, however, they showed an abnormal karyotype denoted as 46, X, del(4q), +mar, and formed human dysgerminoma-like tumors in SCID mice, indicating that the transduction of reprogramming factors caused unexpected tumorigenesis of CM cells. Moreover, CM dysgerminoma-like tumors were highly sensitive to DNA-damaging agents, irradiation, and fibroblast growth factor receptor inhibitor, and their growth was dependent on c-MYC expression. These results indicate that DNA-damaging agents, irradiation, fibroblast growth factor receptor inhibitor, and c-MYC-targeted therapies might represent effective treatment strategies for unexpected tumors in patients receiving iPSC-based therapy.
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- Saori Yamaguchi
- Division of Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
- Department of Advanced Molecular and Cell Therapy, Kyushu University HospitalFukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Translational Cancer Research Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
- Department of Advanced Molecular and Cell Therapy, Kyushu University HospitalFukuoka, Japan
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- KEIO-RIKEN Research Center for Human Cognition, Keio UniversityTokyo, Japan
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- Division of Pathophysiological and Experimental Pathology, Department of Pathology, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Pathophysiological and Experimental Pathology, Department of Pathology, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
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- Genomic Science Laboratories, Dainippon Sumitomo PharmaOsaka, Japan
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- Division of Bioinformatics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Bioinformatics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan
- Department of Advanced Molecular and Cell Therapy, Kyushu University HospitalFukuoka, Japan
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Chromosomes, Human, Y
- DNA, Neoplasm/analysis
- Dysgerminoma/genetics
- Dysgerminoma/pathology
- Dysgerminoma/surgery
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Gonadal Dysgenesis, 46,XX/genetics
- Gonadal Dysgenesis, 46,XX/pathology
- Gonadal Dysgenesis, 46,XX/surgery
- Gonadoblastoma/genetics
- Gonadoblastoma/pathology
- Gonadoblastoma/surgery
- Humans
- Karyotyping/methods
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
- Ovarian Neoplasms/genetics
- Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology
- Ovarian Neoplasms/surgery
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Grover V, Burman SD, Devi KR, Gupta S, Dhall K. Gonadoblastoma-Dysgerminoma in Streak Ovaries in a 46 XY Individual. Asia-Oceania Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2010; 10:167-71. [PMID: 6541033 DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1984.tb00670.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ben Temime R, Chachial A, Attial L, Ghodbanel I, Makhloufl T, Koubaal A, Kourda N, Ben Jilani S, Dammak T, El May A, Rahal K. 46 XY pure gonadal dysgenesis with gonadoblastoma and dysgerminoma. Tunis Med 2008; 86:710-713. [PMID: 19472738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Swyer syndrome is a distinct type of pure gonadal dysgenesis characterized by a 46 XY karyotype in female phenotypic patients. It shows an abnormality in testicular differentiation. It is usually revealed by primary amenorrhea. The tumor that usually develops in Swyer syndrome is gonadoblastoma. Although gonadoblastoma is considered benign, the risk of malignant germ cell tumor development is high. OBJECTIVE The aim of this report is to stress on the risk of occurrence of malignant germ cell tumors on these dysgenesic gonads. CASE REPORT We present the clinical, sonographic and endocrine findings in the case of a 13 year-old phenotypic young girl with a 46 XY karyotype and gonadal dysgenesis. The patient underwent surgery for adnexal torsion. An examination of the gonads revealed gonadoblastoma associated to dysgerminoma. The treatment and the follow up are detailed. CONCLUSION The presence of Y chromosome in the karyotype of a patient presenting a gonadal dysgenesis must lead to prophylactic bilateral gonadectomy in order to avoid a malignant transformation. Gonadectomy must be followed by a hormone replacement therapy.
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- Riadh Ben Temime
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Charles Nicolle Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
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Kini U, Bantwal G, Ayyar V, Idiculla J. Bilateral gonadoblastomas with a left sided dysgerminoma in a true hermaphrodite (disorder of sexual differentiation) with 46, XY karyotype. J Assoc Physicians India 2008; 56:549-551. [PMID: 18846912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Ovotesticular DSD is not an uncommon disorder. The presence of Y chromosome confers a high risk of neoplastic transformation in dysgenetic gonads. The neoplastic development in these patients is associated with the presence of Y chromosome and intra abdominal location of the abnormal gonad. We report histogenetic details of a rare occurrence of bilateral gonadoblastomas and left sided dysgerminoma in a XY ovotestes DSD (disorder of sexual differentiation) in an 18 year old with a female phenotype.
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- Usha Kini
- Department of Pathology, St. John's Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore, India
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Gwin K, Cajaiba MM, Caminoa-Lizarralde A, Picazo ML, Nistal M, Reyes-Múgica M. Expanding the clinical spectrum of Frasier syndrome. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2008; 11:122-7. [PMID: 17378674 DOI: 10.2350/07-01-0209.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2007] [Accepted: 02/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Frasier syndrome is an uncommon genetic disorder featuring progressive glomerulopathy, male pseudohermaphroditism, and gonadal dysgenesis with increased risk of gonadoblastoma and malignant germ cell tumors. It is caused by mutations in the donor splice site in intron 9 of the WT1 gene. However, because of its rarity there is limited literature available on the precise spectrum and recommended treatment modalities of this syndrome. We present the clinicopathological findings in 4 patients: 3 phenotypically female adolescents presenting with proteinuria and primary amenorrhea and a 6-month-old baby girl presenting with nephrotic syndrome in whom this very unusual case of early onset was confirmed by molecular studies. The significance of early recognition of Frasier syndrome and its differentiation from Denys-Drash syndrome is reviewed and discussed. Our observation of a case presenting with early clinical manifestations, in contrast with the classical presentation in adolescence, justifies the expansion of the clinical spectrum of Frasier syndrome and contributes to the understanding and appropriate clinical management of these patients.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Amenorrhea/genetics
- Amenorrhea/pathology
- Chromosomes, Human, X
- Chromosomes, Human, Y
- Denys-Drash Syndrome/diagnosis
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Dysgerminoma/genetics
- Dysgerminoma/secondary
- Dysgerminoma/surgery
- Early Diagnosis
- Female
- Frasier Syndrome/genetics
- Frasier Syndrome/pathology
- Frasier Syndrome/physiopathology
- Genes, Wilms Tumor
- Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental/genetics
- Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental/pathology
- Gonadoblastoma/genetics
- Gonadoblastoma/pathology
- Gonadoblastoma/surgery
- Humans
- Infant
- Kidney Failure, Chronic/genetics
- Kidney Failure, Chronic/pathology
- Mutation
- Nephrotic Syndrome/genetics
- Nephrotic Syndrome/pathology
- Ovarian Neoplasms/genetics
- Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology
- Ovarian Neoplasms/surgery
- Phenotype
- Proteinuria/genetics
- Proteinuria/pathology
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- Katja Gwin
- Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Apert syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder that results from gain-of-function mutations in the FGFR2 gene. FGFR2 also has been shown to be amplified in stomach and breast cancers. We report the case of a 13-year-old female with Apert syndrome who developed an ovarian dysgerminoma. The FGFR2 exon 7 sequencing showed the classical Apert syndrome c.758C > G transversion (p.Pro253Arg). The genomic analyses of the tumor cells showed low level gains and losses of several chromosomes. This is the second report of the association of Apert syndrome with cancer. Our observation raises the hypothesis of a role for FGFR2 mutations in tumorigenesis.
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- Cécile Rouzier
- Laboratory of Solid Tumors Genetics, Nice University Hospital and CNRS UMR 6543, Faculty of Medicine, Nice, France
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BACKGROUND A thorough history, physical examination, and comprehensive work-up is important to differentiate the etiology of a cervical mass in unusual cases. CASE A 36-year-old white female presented with heavy vaginal bleeding, pelvic pain, and an exophytic cervical mass extending to the anterior vaginal wall. She underwent cold knife cone with biopsies of the vagina. Pathology revealed dysgerminoma. Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis demonstrated pelvic lymphadenopathy, an enlarged uterus, and a 4 cm complex ovarian mass. The final pathology helped establish the true diagnosis. CONCLUSION The accurate diagnosis of rare tumors requires a broad differential diagnosis and careful review of the pathologic findings and clinical scenario.
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- Kellie S Matthews
- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249-7333, USA.
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BRCA2 germ-line mutations confer an increased risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. We report the occurrence of a mixed ovarian germ cell tumor (GCT) (50% embryonal carcinoma, 20%-25% choriocarcinoma, 10%-15% dysgerminoma, and 10%-15% immature teratoma) in a 33-year-old Ashkenazi Jewish woman, carrier of the BRCA2:6174delT mutation. The mutation is also present in the patient's father, who was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 59 and with prostate cancer at age 69. This is the first report of a GCT in a BRCA2 mutation carrier; there was one previous report of an ovarian dysgerminoma in a BRCA1 carrier. Molecular analysis of the proband's tumor DNA revealed there was no loss of heterozygosity of the wild-type allele in the tumor, as is usually the case for epithelial BRCA-related ovarian tumors. This suggests either that biallelic inactivation of BRCA2 is not required for GCT development or that this is a chance event unrelated to the presence of the mutation.
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- Nancy Hamel
- Department of Human Genetics and Medicine, SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Hoei-Hansen CE, Kraggerud SM, Abeler VM, Kærn J, Rajpert-De Meyts E, Lothe RA. Ovarian dysgerminomas are characterised by frequent KIT mutations and abundant expression of pluripotency markers. Mol Cancer 2007; 6:12. [PMID: 17274819 PMCID: PMC1797189 DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-6-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2006] [Accepted: 02/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ovarian germ cell tumours (OGCTs) typically arise in young females and their pathogenesis remains poorly understood. We investigated the origin of malignant OGCTs and underlying molecular events in the development of the various histological subtypes of this neoplasia. RESULTS We examined in situ expression of stem cell-related (NANOG, OCT-3/4, KIT, AP-2gamma) and germ cell-specific proteins (MAGE-A4, NY-ESO-1, TSPY) using a tissue microarray consisting of 60 OGCT tissue samples and eight ovarian small cell carcinoma samples. Developmental pattern of expression of NANOG, TSPY, NY-ESO-1 and MAGE-A4 was determined in foetal ovaries (gestational weeks 13-40). The molecular genetic part of our study included search for the presence of Y-chromosome material by fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH), and mutational analysis of the KIT oncogene (exon 17, codon 816), which is often mutated in testicular GCTs, in a subset of tumour DNA samples. We detected a high expression of transcription factors related to the embryonic stem cell-like pluripotency and undifferentiated state in OGCTs, but not in small cell carcinomas, supporting the view that the latter do not arise from a germ cell progenitor. Bilateral OGCTs expressed more stem cell markers than unilateral cases. However, KIT was mutated in 5/13 unilateral dysgerminomas, whereas all bilateral dysgerminomas (n = 4) and all other histological types (n = 22) showed a wild type sequence. Furthermore, tissue from five phenotypic female patients harbouring combined dysgerminoma/gonadoblastoma expressed TSPY and contained Y-chromosome material as confirmed by FISH. CONCLUSION This study provides new data supporting two distinct but overlapping pathways in OGCT development; one involving spontaneous KIT mutation(s) leading to increased survival and proliferation of undifferentiated oogonia, the other related to presence of Y chromosome material and ensuing gonadal dysgenesis in phenotypic females.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens, Neoplasm/analysis
- Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis
- Carcinoma, Embryonal/chemistry
- Carcinoma, Embryonal/genetics
- Carcinoma, Embryonal/pathology
- Carcinoma, Small Cell/chemistry
- Carcinoma, Small Cell/genetics
- Carcinoma, Small Cell/pathology
- Cell Cycle Proteins/analysis
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Lineage
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/chemistry
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/pathology
- DNA-Binding Proteins/analysis
- Dysgerminoma/chemistry
- Dysgerminoma/genetics
- Dysgerminoma/pathology
- Embryonal Carcinoma Stem Cells
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Gestational Age
- Gonadoblastoma/chemistry
- Gonadoblastoma/genetics
- Gonadoblastoma/pathology
- Homeodomain Proteins/analysis
- Humans
- Membrane Proteins/analysis
- Mutation
- Nanog Homeobox Protein
- Neoplasm Proteins/analysis
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/chemistry
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/pathology
- Octamer Transcription Factor-3/analysis
- Oogonia/chemistry
- Oogonia/pathology
- Ovarian Neoplasms/chemistry
- Ovarian Neoplasms/genetics
- Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology
- Ovary/chemistry
- Ovary/embryology
- Pluripotent Stem Cells/chemistry
- Pluripotent Stem Cells/pathology
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit/analysis
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit/genetics
- Transcription Factor AP-2/analysis
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- Dept. of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, The Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Centre, Oslo, Norway
- Center for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo, Norway
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- Dept. of Pathology, The Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Centre, Oslo, Norway
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- Dept. of Gynecologic Oncology, The Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Centre, Oslo, Norway
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- Dept. of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, The Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Centre, Oslo, Norway
- Center for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo, Norway
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Heine-Suñer D, Torres-Juan L, Gómez C, Pérez-Granero A, Bernues M, Govea N, Roseli J. Gene symbol: SRY. Hum Genet 2007; 120:909. [PMID: 17438599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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- D Heine-Suñer
- Secció de Genetica, Hospital Universitari Son Dureta, Andrea Doria 55, Palma de Mallorca 07014, Spain.
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Jin JS, Yao CW, Loh SH, Cheng MF, Hsieh DS, Bai CY. Increasing expression of extracellular matrix metalloprotease inducer in ovary tumors: tissue microarray analysis of immunostaining score with clinicopathological parameters. Int J Gynecol Pathol 2006; 25:140-6. [PMID: 16633062 DOI: 10.1097/01.pgp.0000189244.57145.84] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Ovary cancer invasion is responsible for both local tissue destruction and distant metastasis. Invasion is largely mediated by matrix metalloproteases that are thought to be induced by tumor cell-derived extracellular matrix metalloprotease inducer (EMMPRIN) in surrounding fibroblasts. We hypothesized that EMMPRIN isoverexpressed in ovary tumors. Immunohistochemical analysis of EMMPRIN was performed in tissue microarrays of ovary neoplasms including 84 cases of serous adenocarcinoma, 23 cases of mucinous adenocarcinoma, 10 cases of endometrioid adenocarcinoma, 12 cases of yolk sac tumor, 12 cases of clear cell carcinoma, 8 cases of dysgerminoma, 8 cases of granulosa cell tumor, 6 cases of transitional cell carcinoma, and 6 cases of Brenner tumor. All malignant ovary tumors showed significant immunohistochemical expression of EMMPRIN. The EMMPRIN scores in malignant ovary tumors were significantly higher than their nontumor counterparts (313+/-28 for serous adenocarcinoma; 308+/-25 for mucinous adenocarcinoma; 187+/-19 for endometrioid adenocarcinoma; 265+/-23 for yolk sac tumors; 87+/-13 for clear cellcarcinoma; 126+/-15 for dysgerminoma; 243+/-26 for granulosa cell tumor; 87+/-16 for transitional cell carcinoma). The EMMPRIN score was significantly higher in serous adenocarcinomas than in serous adenomas and serous borderline tumors and was correlated with nodal stage. Our findings show for the first time that EMMPRIN is overexpressed in all malignant ovary tumors.
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- Jong-Shiaw Jin
- Department of Pathology, and Division of Urology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Satgé D, Honoré L, Sasco AJ, Vekemans M, Chompret A, Réthoré MO. An ovarian dysgerminoma in Down syndrome. Hypothesis about the association. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2006; 16 Suppl 1:375-9. [PMID: 16515627 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00211.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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An 11-year-old girl with Down syndrome (DS) was operated for a stage I right ovary dysgerminoma. She is in good health 33 years later. Some data in the literature suggest that ovarian cancers could be slightly overrepresented in DS. Despite the rarity of ovarian dysgerminoma, our case is the fifth reported in DS. This case is the second one associated with a family history suggesting the possibility of a familial predisposition to cancer. A hypothesis explaining the development of dysgerminoma in DS is proposed.
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- D Satgé
- Laboratory of Pathology, Centre Hospitalier, Tulle Cedex, France.
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Kohno Y, Matsuki Y, Tanimoto A, Izumi H, Uchiumi T, Kohno K, Shimajiri S, Sasaguri Y. Expression of Y-box-binding protein dbpC/contrin, a potentially new cancer/testis antigen. Br J Cancer 2006; 94:710-6. [PMID: 16479255 PMCID: PMC2361212 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Y-box-binding proteins are members of the human cold-shock domain protein superfamily, which includes dbpA, dbpB/YB-1, and dbpC/contrin. dbpC/contrin is a germ cell-specific Y-box-binding protein and is suggested to function as a nuclear transcription factor and RNA-binding protein in the cytoplasm. Whereas ubiquitous dbpB/YB-1 expression has been well studied in various types of human carcinomas as a prognostic or predictive marker, the dbpC/contrin expression in human tumour cells has not been reported. In this report, we provide the first evidence showing that dbpC was highly expressed in human testicular seminoma and ovarian dysgerminomas, and in carcinomas in other tissues and that its expression in normal tissues is nearly restricted to germ cells and placental trophoblasts. These results indicate that dbpC/contrin would be a potentially novel cancer/testis antigen.
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- Y Kohno
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
- Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan; E-mail:
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- Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
- Department of Surgical Pathology, Kyushu Koseinenkin Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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Chen HY, Huang HY, Chang TC, Lai CH, Soong YK. Pure XY gonadal dysgenesis and agenesis in monozygotic twins. Fertil Steril 2006; 85:1059.e9-11. [PMID: 16580399 DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.09.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2005] [Revised: 09/12/2005] [Accepted: 09/12/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To report a case of monozygotic twin sisters who had discordant gonadal dysgenesis although each had a normal 46,XY karyotype. DESIGN Case report. SETTING University tertiary hospital. PATIENT(S) Seventeen-year-old twin sisters, one with gonadal agenesis and the other with pure gonadal dysgenesis followed by dysgerminoma. INTERVENTION(S) Blood samples were obtained for karyotyping and short tandem repeat polymorphism analysis (10 markers). Both patients underwent gonadectomy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Both sisters are well at time of report after gonadectomy for the sister with dysgerminoma and diagnostic laparoscope for the other. RESULT(S) Dysgerminoma and atrophic ovarian stromal and tubal structures. CONCLUSION(S) Monozygotic twins can have discordant gonadal dysgenesis even though they are identical genetically.
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- Hui-Yu Chen
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Lin-Kou Medical Center, Kwei-Shan, Taiwan
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Cossu-Rocca P, Zhang S, Roth LM, Eble JN, Zheng W, Karim FWA, Michael H, Emerson RE, Jones TD, Hattab EM, Cheng L. Chromosome 12p abnormalities in dysgerminoma of the ovary: a FISH analysis. Mod Pathol 2006; 19:611-5. [PMID: 16554737 DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Dysgerminoma is the most common malignant ovarian germ cell tumor and shares histological and immunophenotypical features with its testicular counterpart, seminoma. Chromosome 12p abnormalities are genetic hallmarks of testicular seminomas. Little is known about these genetic changes in dysgerminoma. We performed dual color fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analyses with a centromeric alpha-satellite probe for chromosome 12 and a subtelomeric probe for 12p on paraffin-embedded tissue sections from 21 dysgerminomas and two gonadoblastomas. Chromosome 12p abnormalities were detected in 81% of dysgerminomas. In all, 57% of cases had only isochromosome 12p and 5% had only 12p overrepresentation. In all, 19% had both isochrome 12p and 12p overrepresentation. Gonadoblastomas were negative for isochromosome 12p or 12p overrepresentation. Chromosome 12p abnormalities are common in dysgerminoma of the ovary. FISH analyses for chromosome 12p abnormalities may be a useful diagnostic adjunct for confirming the diagnosis of dysgerminoma and for distinguishing it from nongerm cell malignancies that enter into the differential diagnosis.
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- Paolo Cossu-Rocca
- Department of Pathology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Jadhav MN, Yelikar BR, Karigoudar M. Gonadoblastoma with contralateral dysgerminoma in a young female--a case report. INDIAN J PATHOL MICR 2006; 49:274-6. [PMID: 16933739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023] Open
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Gonadoblastomas are rare germ cell and sex cord stromal tumours, often associated with dysgerminomas. They occur almost entirely in patients with pure or mixed gonadal dysgenesis and in male pseudohermaphroditism. A 19 year old female was admitted in our hospital for evaluation of primary amenorrhoea. She had poor secondary sexual characters, left sided streak gonad and right sided ovarian tumour. Histopathology showed gonadoblastoma in streak gonad with contralateral dysgerminoma. This case is presented because of its rarity and clinical importance of recognizing such cases because of excellent prognosis.
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- Meena N Jadhav
- Department of Pathology, B.L.D.E.A's Shri B.M.Patil's Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Bijapur
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Evans KN, Taylor H, Zehnder D, Kilby MD, Bulmer JN, Shah F, Adams JS, Hewison M. Increased expression of 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1alpha-hydroxylase in dysgerminomas: a novel form of humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy. Am J Pathol 2004; 165:807-13. [PMID: 15331405 PMCID: PMC1618616 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)63343-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy (HHM) is a common paraneoplastic disorder usually associated with increased synthesis of parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP). Unlike non-cancer forms of hypercalcemia, HHM does not routinely involve increased circulating levels of the active form of vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3). Dysgerminomas are a notable exception to this rule, previous reports having described hypercalcemia with elevated serum 1,25(OH)2D3. To investigate the etiology of this form of HHM we have characterized expression and activity of the enzyme that catalyzes synthesis of 1,25(OH)2D3, 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1alpha-hydroxylase (1alpha-hydroxylase), in a collection of 12 dysgerminomas. RT-PCR analyses indicated that mRNA for 1alpha-hydroxylase was increased 222-fold in dysgerminomas compared to non-tumor ovarian tissue. Parallel enzyme assays in tissue homogenates showed that dysgerminomas produced fivefold higher levels of 1,25(OH)2D3 compared to normal ovarian tissue. Immunolocalization studies indicated that 1alpha-hydroxylase was expressed by both tumor cells and by macrophages within the inflammatory cell infiltrate associated with dysgerminomas. The immunological nature of the increased 1,25(OH)2D3 production observed in dysgerminomas was further emphasized by correlation between expression of 1alpha-hydroxylase and the endotoxin recognition factors CD14 and toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). These data suggest that inflammatory mechanisms associated with dysgerminomas are the underlying cause of the increased expression and activity of 1alpha-hydroxylase associated with these tumors. We further postulate that this autocrine/paracrine action of 1alpha-hydroxylase may lead to increased circulating levels of 1,25(OH)2D3 and a form of HHM which is distinct from that seen with PTHrP-secreting tumors.
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- Katie N Evans
- Division of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Research, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Pauls K, Wardelmann E, Merkelbach-Bruse S, Büttner R, Zhou H. c-KIT codon 816 mutation in a recurrent and metastatic dysgerminoma of a 14-year-old girl: case study. Virchows Arch 2004; 445:651-4. [PMID: 15455230 DOI: 10.1007/s00428-004-1112-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2004] [Accepted: 07/30/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Dysgerminomas are rare female germ-cell tumors that correspond histologically and immunohistochemically to seminomas. Analogous to seminomas, most dysgerminomas respond very well to cisplatin- or carboplatin-based chemotherapy and to radiotherapy. KIT tyrosine kinase is crucial for normal germ-cell development, and its expression is observed in the majority of seminomas and dysgerminomas. Recently, activating KIT mutations were described in a panel of male germ-cell tumors [5, 10]. All mutations were localized in exon 17, encoding the second tyrosine kinase domain. Because receptor tyrosine kinase KIT might also be involved in the pathogenesis of dysgerminomas, we studied the expression and mutational status of a pure dysgerminoma, which was sent to our department for diagnostic reasons. The tumor revealed an exon 17 D816 V mutation in the c-KIT gene and strong KIT expression was found immunohistochemically. Clinically, the tumor was highly aggressive and resistant to carboplatin-based chemotherapy. Our case raises the question of whether exon 17 c-KIT mutations might be involved in the pathogenesis of dysgerminoma and whether exon 17 KIT mutations may predict aggressive and chemotherapy-resistant behavior of dysgerminomas.
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Kemmer K, Corless CL, Fletcher JA, McGreevey L, Haley A, Griffith D, Cummings OW, Wait C, Town A, Heinrich MC. KIT mutations are common in testicular seminomas. Am J Pathol 2004; 164:305-13. [PMID: 14695343 PMCID: PMC1602213 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)63120-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Expression of KIT tyrosine kinase is critical for normal germ cell development and is observed in the majority of seminomas. Activating mutations in KIT are common in gastrointestinal stromal tumors and mastocytosis. In this study we examined the frequency and spectrum of KIT mutations in 54 testicular seminomas, 1 ovarian dysgerminoma and 37 non-seminomatous germ cell tumors (NSGCT). Fourteen seminomas (25.9%) contained exon 17 point mutations including D816V (6 cases), D816H (3 cases), Y823D (2 cases), and single examples of Y823C, N822K, and T801I. No KIT mutations were found in the ovarian dysgerminoma or the NSGCTs. In transient transfection assays, mutant isoforms D816V, D816H, Y823D, and N822K were constitutively phosphorylated in the absence of the natural ligand for KIT, stem cell factor (SCF). In contrast, activation of T801I and wild-type KIT required SCF. Mutants N822K and Y823D were inhibited by imatinib mesylate (Gleevec, previously STI571) whereas D816V and D816H were both resistant to imatinib mesylate. Biochemical evidence of KIT activation, as assessed by KIT phosphorylation and KIT association with phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase in tumor cell lysates, was largely confined to seminomas with a genomic KIT mutation. These findings suggest that activating KIT mutations may contribute to tumorigenesis in a subset of seminomas, but are not involved in NSGCT.
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- Kathleen Kemmer
- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Oregon Health and Science University Cancer Institute and Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
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Mancilla EE, Poggi H, Repetto G, Rumié H, García H, Ugarte F, Hidalgo S, Jara A, Muzzo S, Panteón E, Torrealba I, Foradori A, Cattani A. Y chromosome sequences in Turner's syndrome: association with virilization and gonadoblastoma. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2003; 16:1157-63. [PMID: 14594176 DOI: 10.1515/jpem.2003.16.8.1157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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UNLABELLED The presence of Y chromosome fragments in patients with Turner's syndrome is known to increase the risk of gonadoblastoma and virilization. Y chromosome material is detected in up to 6% of patients with Turner's syndrome by karyotype. By DNA analysis, Y chromosome sequences have been reported in 0-60% of patients. The putative gonadoblastoma gene has been mapped to the pericentromeric region of the Y chromosome increasing the interest in studying these sequences. AIMS 1. To determine the frequency of occult Y chromosome sequences in patients with Turner's syndrome. 2. To analyze the clinical implications of Y sequences detected by karyotype and occult Y sequences. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study of 58 patients with Turner's syndrome (30 45,X; two with structural anomalies; 26 mosaic [two of whom were 45,X/46,XY]). SRY, TSPY and DYZ3 sequences were amplified by PCR using genomic DNA from peripheral blood. RESULTS All three Y chromosome sequences were found in one out of 56 patients whose karyotype was not suggestive of having Y chromosome material and in one patient with 45,X/46,Xr(X) karyotype. The patients with the ring chromosome and 45,X/46,XY karyotype underwent surgery and were found to have a gonadoblastoma and dysgerminoma. The four patients with Y chromosome material had non-virilized female genitalia. CONCLUSIONS Analysis by PCR was more sensitive in detecting Y chromosome sequences than conventional karyotype. The presence of Y material was not associated with virilization. We confirmed the association of Y fragments and gonadoblastoma at an early age.
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- E E Mancilla
- Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Laboratory Service, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Morerio C, Calvari V, Rosanda C, Porta S, Gambini C, Panarello C. XY female with a dysgerminoma and no mutation in the coding sequence of the SRY gene. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 2002; 136:58-61. [PMID: 12165453 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(01)00662-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We report a 46,XY 11-year-old girl with pure gonadal dysgenesis who developed a dysgerminoma. The testis-determining gene SRY, a candidate for sex reversal, whose alterations seem to correlate with dysgerminoma, was analyzed and found to be normal; its coding sequence was negative for deletions and mutations. DMRT-1 gene mapping on 9p and DAX-1 on Xp21 were also normal. These results suggest the involvement of other genes in sex reversal and call into question the putative relationship between SRY alterations and dysgerminoma.
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- Cristina Morerio
- Divisione di Ematologia ed Oncologia Pediatrica, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Largo G. Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
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Funato T, Uehara S, Takahashi M, Kozawa K, Satoh J, Sasaki T, Kaku M. Microsatellite instability in gonadal tumors of XY pure gonadal dysgenesis patients. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2002; 12:192-7. [PMID: 11975679 DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1438.2002.01094.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To investigate genetic alternation accompanied by malignant transformation in gonadal tumors of XY pure gonadal dysgenesis patients, we investigated microsatellite instability in the hMSH1, hMSH2, TP53, and DCC loci, and ras mutations in two patients. The gonadal tumors from the patients were combined gonadoblastoma and dysgerminoma. Microsatellite instability and/or loss of heterozygotes (LOH) at hMSH1, hMSH2, and TP53 were detected in the dysgerminoma lesions of the both patients, but were not observed in any normal tissues. In the analyses of the H-, K-, or N-ras genes, where specific mutations have been frequently reported, no mutations were observed in the tumors. It is suggested therefore that microsatellite instability plays an important role in malignant transformation of gonadal tumors in patients with XY pure gonadal dysgenesis.
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- Tadao Funato
- Division of Molecular Diagnostics, Department of Clinical Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Seiryoumachi 1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.
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BACKGROUND It appears to be a general belief that pregnancy might be impossible in women with the XY karyotype. Therefore, it is recommended that patients with dysgerminoma of the ovary associated with the XY karyotype should undergo a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. CASE We report an extremely rare case of a true hermaphrodite with a 20% 46,XX/80% 46,XY karyotype who became pregnant after removal of an ovarian dysgerminoma. The patient had a completely normal female phenotype. A dysgerminoma with ovotestis was found in the right ovary. Two courses of chemotherapy following a right salpingo-oophorectomy were carried out. Nine months later she became pregnant and delivered a healthy male infant. CONCLUSION A unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy followed by combination chemotherapy can be the treatment of choice for any woman who wishes to preserve her capacity for conception at the time of operation for dysgerminoma of the ovary.
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- Y Tanaka
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki City, Japan
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Werness BA, Ramus SJ, Whittemore AS, Garlinghouse-Jones K, Oakley-Girvan I, Dicioccio RA, Tsukada Y, Ponder BA, Piver MS. Histopathology of familial ovarian tumors in women from families with and without germline BRCA1 mutations. Hum Pathol 2000; 31:1420-4. [PMID: 11112219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Breast cancers from patients with germline BRCA1 mutations show characteristic histopathologic features. However, similar studies of BRCA1-associated ovarian cancers have reported inconsistent findings. Interobserver differences in histopathologic classification are a significant source of variation, and most studies have obtained histopathologic information from pathology reports rather than from review of histopathology slides. We therefore reviewed the histopathology slides and pathology reports to determine histologic type, grade, and stage for cancers of the ovary or peritoneum in 217 women from 126 families enrolled in the Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry. Peripheral blood DNA from at least 1 affected member of each family was analyzed for BRCA1 mutations, and tumors from BRCA1 mutation-positive families were compared with those from BRCA1-negative families. Of 66 patients from 36 BRCA1-positive families, 64 had ovarian carcinoma, 1 had an ovarian carcinoma in situ, and 1 had a dysgerminoma. Of 151 patients from 90 BRCA1-negative families, 135 had ovarian carcinoma, 10 had ovarian borderline tumors, 3 had ovarian sex cord/stromal tumors, and 3 had primary peritoneal carcinoma. There were fewer grade 1 (P <.001) and stage I (P =.10) cancers in patients from BRCA1-positive families than in patients from BRCA1-negative families. Neither mucinous nor borderline tumors were found in the BRCA1-positive families. Ovarian cancers arising in women from BRCA1-positive families are more likely to be high grade and nonmucinous than cancers arising in women from BRCA1-negative families. The absence of borderline tumors in patients from BRCA1-positive families adds to accumulating evidence that BRCA1 mutations do not play a role in the development of these tumors. HUM PATHOL 31:1420-1424.
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- B A Werness
- Department of Pathology and Cancer Genetics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Werness BA, Ramus SJ, Whittemore AS, Garlinghouse-Jones K, Oakley-Girvan I, DiCioccio RA, Tsukada Y, Ponder BA, Piver MS. Primary ovarian dysgerminoma in a patient with a germline BRCA1 mutation. Int J Gynecol Pathol 2000; 19:390-4. [PMID: 11109172 DOI: 10.1097/00004347-200010000-00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Germline mutations in the BRCA1 tumor suppressor gene are associated with increased risk for the development of ovarian cancer. All such cancers thus far reported have been of the epithelial histologic type. We identified an ovarian dysgerminoma in a 16-year-old woman (proband) with a family history of ovarian cancer during a review of histopathologic characteristics of ovarian cancers from women enrolled in the Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry. Mutation analysis of DNA from this patient's peripheral blood leukocytes revealed a germline BRCA1 mutation (3312insG). The mutation was also present in the mother with breast cancer, a maternal aunt and a distant cousin with ovarian cancer, and a maternal grandfather and an uncle with skin cancer. The development of the proband's dysgerminoma may be unrelated to her germline BRCA1 mutation. Alternatively, such dysgerminomas may be caused by BRCA1 mutations, but occur so infrequently compared with epithelial cancers that they are seldom identified. Analysis of a larger series of ovarian germ cell tumors may resolve this question.
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- B A Werness
- Department of Pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA
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Kraggerud SM, Szymanska J, Abeler VM, Kaern J, Eknaes M, Heim S, Teixeira MR, Tropé CG, Peltomäki P, Lothe RA. DNA copy number changes in malignant ovarian germ cell tumors. Cancer Res 2000; 60:3025-30. [PMID: 10850452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Malignant ovarian germ cell tumors (OGCTs) include immature teratomas (ITs), dysgerminomas (DGs), endodermal sinus tumors (ESTs), choriocarcinomas, and embryonal carcinomas. Knowledge about the genetic changes associated with malignant OGCT development is sparse. We therefore analyzed 25 OGCTs (12 DGs, 4 ESTs, and 9 ITs) for gains and losses by comparative genomic hybridization. In total, more gains than losses were observed, and the number of alterations ranged from 0-20 per tumor. The average number of changes among DGs, ESTs, and ITs was 10, 6, and 1.4, respectively. The most common changes in DGs were gains from chromosome arms 1p (33%), 6p (33%), 12p (67%), 12q (75%), 15q (42%), 20q (50%), 21q (67%), and 22q (58%); gains of the whole of chromosomes 7 (42%), 8 (42%), 17 (42%), and 19 (50%); and losses from 13q (58%). Two of three DGs with a gonadoblastoma component showed gains of 3p21 and loss of 5p, whereas none of the nine pure DGs had these changes, suggesting that they might be characteristic either of gonadoblastoma or of DG developing from a gonadoblastoma. Gain of 12p and gain from 1q were seen in three of four ESTs, whereas gains from 3p, 11q, and Xp and loss from 18q were each found in two tumors. Five of the ITs revealed changes (range, 1-4 changes/tumor), with gains from 1p, 16p, 19, and 22q each being found in two tumors. We conclude that ovarian DGs and ESTs seem to develop via the same genetic pathways that are already known for testicular germ cell tumors. On the other hand, ITs do not exhibit gain of 12p and also typically show fewer changes than other malignant OGCTs, indicating that they arise via different pathogenetic mechanisms.
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- S M Kraggerud
- Department of Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, Olso
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Uehara S, Funato T, Yaegashi N, Suziki H, Sato J, Sasaki T, Yajima A. SRY mutation and tumor formation on the gonads of XP pure gonadal dysgenesis patients. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 1999; 113:78-84. [PMID: 10459352 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(99)00010-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We report three patients with XY pure gonadal dysgenesis. Two of these patients developed gonadoblastoma and associated dysgerminoma. Molecular analyses were undertaken to investigate the relationship between the formation of these tumors and Y chromosome aberrations. Deletion analyses were performed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of Y chromosome-specific DNA sequences (PABY, SRY, DYS250, DYS254, and DYZ1). A cryptic deletion of the short arm of the Y chromosome that included the PABY, SRY, DYS250, and DYS254 loci was observed in one of the patients (22-years-old) with an associated tumor. In the other two patients who did not demonstrate such a deletion, the sequence of the SRY open reading frame was determined by the dideoxynucleotide method. Two nucleotide substitutions followed by a seven nucleotide deletion were observed in the 3' end of HMG (high mobility group)-box in the other patient (15-years-old) with an associated tumor. The patient (22-years-old) without an associated tumor did not have the cryptic deletion or mutation of SRY. A Y chromosome specific sequence (DYZ1) was demonstrated by PCR amplification of microdissected tumor tissues from these two patients. These results suggest that SRY may play a role in the formation of gonadal tumors, especially dysgerminoma.
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- S Uehara
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Chen CP, Chen SR, Wang TY, Wang W, Hwu YM. A frame shift mutation in the DNA-binding domain of the androgen receptor gene associated with complete androgen insensitivity, persistent müllerian structures, and germ cell tumors in dysgenetic gonads. Fertil Steril 1999; 72:170-3. [PMID: 10428170 DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00169-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To describe the molecular, cytogenetic, immunohistochemical, and endocrinologic characteristics of a young 46,XY female with persistent müllerian structures and germ cell tumors in dysgenetic gonads. DESIGN Descriptive case study. SETTING Mackay Memorial Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. PATIENT(S) A 22-year-old 46,XY female with persistent müllerian structures, a low level of serum testosterone, and no apparent adnexal masses. INTERVENTION(S) Laparoscopic removal of the dysgenetic gonads. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Detection of an androgen receptor gene mutation by a semiautomated DNA sequencer, of the chromosomal complement by cytogenetic examination, of placental alkaline phosphatase activity by immunohistochemical analysis, and of neoplasms in dysgenetic gonads by histologic studies. RESULT(S) A unilateral gonadoblastoma and a contralateral gonadoblastoma associated with a dysgerminoma were found in the excised gonads. The tumors had a 46,XY complement. Placental alkaline phosphatase was present in the tumor cells. A frameshift mutation in the DNA-binding domain of the androgen receptor gene was detected in the patient's blood and the tumor tissues. A five-nucleotide "AGGAA" deletion at codons 608 and 609 of the androgen receptor gene resulted in a missing arginine and lysine as well as a frameshift that introduced a stop codon 12 amino acid downstream from the mutation. CONCLUSION(S) Molecular genetic analysis of the androgen receptor gene aids in the rapid diagnosis of complete androgen insensitivity irrespective of atypical clinical phenotypes and endocrinologic parameters.
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- C P Chen
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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We present clinical findings and molecular characterization in two patients previously diagnosed as 46,XY female gonadal dysgenesis with germ cell tumour. Both patients showed a female general phenotype with unambiguously female external genitalia and primary amenorrhoea compatible with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome. The first patient, at the age of 31 years, developed a dysgerminoma measuring 8 x 13 x 10 cm in one abdominal testis. Genetic analysis revealed a single nucleotide substitution on exon 4 in the hormone-binding domain of the androgen receptor (AR) gene, resulting in a change of codon 681 GAG (glutamic acid) to AAG (lysine). The second patient, at the age of 17 years, developed a dysgerminoma measuring 12 x 10 x 7 cm in one abdominal testis and gonadoblastoma in the other testis. Genetic analysis showed a point mutation on exon 3 in the DNA-binding domain of the AR gene resulting in a change of codon 607 CGA (arginine) to CAA (glutamine). Arg607-Gln and Arg608-Lys point mutations in the DNA-binding domain of the AR gene have been associated with male breast cancer in partial androgen insensitivity syndrome. A codon 607 mutation in the DNA-binding domain of the AR gene in our patient 2 is associated with early development of germ cell tumour. We suggest regular molecular genetic analysis of the AR gene in 46,XY females with germ cell tumour and androgen insensitivity syndrome to detect differences in the specific regions of AR gene involved in early progression toward oncogenesis of the dysgenetic gonads.
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- C P Chen
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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In familial germ cell tumour cases, a normal chromosomal karyotype pattern is rare. We report the findings of germ cell tumours in two siblings with a normal chromosomal karyotype. One of these patients had dysgerminoma in the right ovary and was treated successfully for this. At present, she is 23 years old and has two daughters. The other patient is a 15-year-old boy, who is the brother of the first patient and has mediastinal embryonal carcinoma. Although ultrasonography of the testes showed irregularity in the shape and non-homogeneity of the parenchyma, histopathological examination was found to be normal at the time of diagnosis. At present, he is doing well and his chemotherapy is continuing. Both of them have a normal chromosomal karyotype, 46, XX and 46, XY, respectively. We suggest that children who have a sibling with germ cell tumour should be carefully assessed for development of another germ cell tumour.
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- C Akyüz
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Llewelyn RW. Bilateral dysgerminoma and gonadoblastoma in association with XY gonadal dysgenesis. CLIN EXP OBSTET GYN 1997; 24:14. [PMID: 9107447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- R W Llewelyn
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, U.K
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A 66-year-old woman presented with clitoromegaly since childhood, primary amenorrhea, no breast development, and a large right inguinal hernia. A mosaic karyotype was identified containing a predominant 45,X cell line and a cell line with 46 chromosomes, one X chromosome, and a small dicentric Y chromosome with a breakpoint in band qII.2. The patient underwent hysterectomy, bilateral gonadectomy, inguinal hernia repair, clitoral recession, and formation of a neointroitus. A dysgerminoma was identified in the right dysgenetic gonad. This report demonstrates the natural history of untreated mixed gonadal dysgenesis and the importance of early evaluation and treatment, as well as the molecular characterization of a dicentric Y chromosome.
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- Y R Smith
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The John Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Obata NH, Nakashima N, Kawai M, Kikkawa F, Mamba S, Tomoda Y. Gonadoblastoma with dysgerminoma in one ovary and gonadoblastoma with dysgerminoma and yolk sac tumor in the contralateral ovary in a girl with 46XX karyotype. Gynecol Oncol 1995; 58:124-8. [PMID: 7789879 DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1995.1195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A case of gonadoblastoma with dysgerminoma in the left ovary and gonadoblastoma with dysgerminoma and yolk sac tumor in the right of a 10-year-old girl is reported. Her karyotype was 46XX, normal female type. A case of a gonadoblastoma without a Y chromosome is very rare. Furthermore, the prognosis for gonadoblastoma accompanied by germ cell tumors other than dysgerminoma was very poor in the past, but the patient remains well 25 months after the first operation.
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- N H Obata
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan
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The occurrence of dysgerminoma in dysgenetic gonads without Y chromosomal influence is exceptionally rare. We used Southern blot hybridization of Y-DNA probes to genomic DNA to search for any Y-related influence in a patient with a dysgerminoma, dysgenetic gonads, and a 46,XX karyotype. No Y-specific DNA was found at 11 loci representing the short arm, centromere, and long arm. This absence of any Y-DNA leaves open to question the absolute requirement of Y-related influence in the development of dysgerminoma in dysgenetic gonads.
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- G S Letterie
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98110, USA
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A 7-year-old girl presented with an extragonadal dysgerminoma arising from the pelvis. Her mother had been treated for a histologically identical pituitary tumor 3 years previously. The child's serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) level was markedly elevated at presentation and fell as the tumor responded to treatment. The potential use of LDH as a marker for gonadal dysgerminoma is well documented, but raised LDH in association with primary extragonadal dysgerminoma has not been described previously. In addition, this is the first report of extragonadal dysgerminoma occurring in female relatives.
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- J C Chisholm
- Wessex Paediatric Oncology Unit, Southampton University Hospitals Trust, Southampton, England
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We report a 27-year-old XY female who presented with abdominal pain due to hemoperitoneum from a ruptured abdominal mass. Gonadoblastoma overgrown by endodermal sinus tumor and dysgerminoma was detected. The risk of neoplasia in such cases is discussed.
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- A H Morsy
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Al-Jahra Hospital, Solibikhat, Kuwait
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Stock C, Ambros IM, Lion T, Haas OA, Zoubek A, Gadner H, Ambros PF. Detection of numerical and structural chromosome abnormalities in pediatric germ cell tumors by means of interphase cytogenetics. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 1994; 11:40-50. [PMID: 7529045 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.2870110107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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In contrast to the cytogenetically well characterized testicular germ cell tumors (GCT) in adults, reports on cytogenetic studies in pediatric GCT are scarce. The presence of an i(12p) and numerical abnormalities involving chromosome 12 are the most frequent cytogenetic changes in GCT of adults. We have performed in situ hybridization (ISH) studies on paraffin sections and on isolated nuclei of 13 pediatric GCT with particular emphasis on those chromosome abnormalities that are common in adult GCT. These include numerical and structural abnormalities of chromosomes 1 and 12 as well as numerical deviations of chromosomes 8, 10, X, and Y. The histological subsets of the tumors investigated included two dysgerminomas (DGE), one seminoma (SE), two embryonal carcinomas (EC), four mixed and two pure yolk sac tumors (YST), and one undifferentiated (IT) and one differentiated teratoma (TD). Similar to the GCT in adults, additional copies of chromosome 12 were the most frequently observed numerical abnormalities. In contrast to the findings in adult GCT, changes in the size of the pericentromeric hybridization signals of chromosome 12, suggesting the presence of i(12p) chromosomes, were found in only two cases. No chromosome abnormalities were found in the pure TD or in the TD cells of mixed tumors containing a YST component. In the YST portion, however, Ip deletions and/or numerical chromosome changes were present. Surprisingly, deletions of the short arm of chromosome I, del(I)(p36.3), were frequent in pediatric GCT and were the sole abnormality detected in two cases. The Ip36 deletions were present in all stage-IV EC and YST investigated and were absent in the relatively benign TD and in one YST stage-I. Therefore, Ip36 deletions may have value as a prognostic marker in pediatric GCT.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Aneuploidy
- Carcinoma, Embryonal/genetics
- Carcinoma, Embryonal/pathology
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Choriocarcinoma/genetics
- Choriocarcinoma/pathology
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosomes, Human/ultrastructure
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12
- Dysgerminoma/genetics
- Dysgerminoma/pathology
- Endodermal Sinus Tumor/genetics
- Endodermal Sinus Tumor/pathology
- Female
- Genital Neoplasms, Male/genetics
- Genital Neoplasms, Male/pathology
- Germinoma/genetics
- Germinoma/pathology
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Infant
- Male
- Ovarian Neoplasms/genetics
- Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology
- Paraffin Embedding
- Retroperitoneal Neoplasms/genetics
- Retroperitoneal Neoplasms/pathology
- Sacrum
- Seminoma/genetics
- Seminoma/pathology
- Spinal Neoplasms/genetics
- Spinal Neoplasms/pathology
- Teratoma/genetics
- Teratoma/pathology
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- C Stock
- CCRI, Children's Cancer Research Institute, St. Anna Kinderspital, Vienna, Austria
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van der Bijl AE, Fleuren GJ, Kenter GG, de Jong D. Unique combination of an ovarian gonadoblastoma, dysgerminoma, and mucinous cystadenoma in a patient with Turner's syndrome: a cytogenetic and molecular analysis. Int J Gynecol Pathol 1994; 13:267-72. [PMID: 7928059 DOI: 10.1097/00004347-199407000-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Phenotypically female patients with a (mosaic) XY karyotype are at high risk to develop gonadoblastoma with potential progression to dysgerminoma. We studied a Turner's syndrome patient with a composite ovarian neoplasm of a gonadoblastoma, a dysgerminoma, and a mucinous cystadenoma. Nonradioactive in situ hybridization showed that the patient had a XO/XY genotype with deletion of part of Yq. Molecular analysis located the chromosomal breakpoint in deletion interval 6, indicating that potential genes responsible for the development of gonadoblastoma may be located on the short arm of the Y chromosome or on the long arm, centromeric of deletion interval 6. Moreover, using the XO/XY mosaicism as a clonal marker, the dysgerminoma and the mucinous cystadenoma were shown to be of independent origin. Therefore, in this case, we find support for the hypothesis that mucinous cysts with gastrointestinal epithelium can be of ovarian surface epithelial cell origin. This case also demonstrated that the occurrence of a composite tumor does not unequivocally imply that both components are of the same origin. Clonal analysis is required to determine the relation of the tumor constituents.
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- A E van der Bijl
- University Hospital, Laboratory of Pathology, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Tajima T, Nakae J, Shinohara N, Fujieda K. A novel mutation localized in the 3' non-HMG box region of the SRY gene in 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis. Hum Mol Genet 1994; 3:1187-9. [PMID: 7981695 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/3.7.1187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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- T Tajima
- Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Three sisters in a family with seven children whose grandmother had an ovarian embryonal carcinoma experienced development of malignant and a malignant-like situation in childhood. Two were diagnosed as having malignant germ cell tumors of the ovary, and the third was found to have Langerhans' histiocytosis. The two girls with germ cell tumor shared an identical human leukocyte antigen, whereas the sister with histiocytosis shared one identical haplotype with them. All three children have been treated successfully with chemotherapy and are doing well off of treatment.
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- M Mandel
- Institute of Hematology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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We report the occurrence of seminoma and dysgerminoma in father and daughter. Both tumors exhibited similar histological appearances. This case supports the concept of a common genetic basis for these germ cell tumors.
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- S M Yule
- Department of Child Health, Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Ye DW, Zheng J, Qian SX, Ma Y, Zheng X, Li D, Gu S. p53 gene mutations in Chinese human testicular seminoma. J Urol 1993; 150:884-6. [PMID: 8345605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Genomic deoxyribonucleic acid from 17 primary human testicular seminomas was screened for the presence of mutations in exons 5 to 8 of gene p53, using the single strand conformation polymorphism assay, followed by direct deoxyribonucleic acid sequencing. The p53 mutations in 1 allele leading to an amino acid change but a normal (wild-type) sequence in the remaining allele were identified in 4 of 17 seminomas (23.5%). Sites of mutations were in exon 5 (codon 141), exon 7 (codon 238, codon 258) and exon 8 (codon 270). The present study suggested that mutation of the p53 gene is involved in the development of human testicular seminoma as in the case of several other types of human cancers.
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- D W Ye
- Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, Peoples Republic of China
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Whether spermatocytic seminoma (SS) develops during meiosis or not is still controversial. To determine that, the DNA content of large, small, and intermediate cells of SS was measured by cytofluorometry to obtain DNA histograms for each cell type. The large cells were aneuploid and showed cell cycles with G0/G1 DNA values from 3C to 18C. The ploidy of the large cells doubled stepwise (i.e., 4.5C-9C-18C, 3C-6C-12C, and so forth). The small cells showed distinct cell cycles with a DNA content of 2C or near 2C, and the intermediate cells showed both diploid and aneuploid DNA values. It is speculated that none of the cell types is involved in meiosis, based on the fact that each size of cell appears to have its own cell division cycle. It is concluded that in SS, the diploid cell cycle formation by small cells and the creation of large cells by continuous sequential polyploidization result in the morphologic expression of three types of cells (large, small, intermediate).
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- H Takahashi
- Department of Pathology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Douketis J, Burkes RL. Familial testicular cancer. What role does heredity play? Can Fam Physician 1993; 39:1640-1. [PMID: 8348025 PMCID: PMC2379556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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