Genomic profiling of a combined large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the submandibular gland

• A 69-year-old female with no previous medical history presented with a rapidly growing submandibular mass. Fine needle aspiration cytology suggested a small-cell carcinoma and PET-CT showed increased 18-FDG uptake in the submandibular mass as well as in a lung mass. Submandibular resection and selective neck dissection was performed and histopathologic examination revealed a combined large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) with a squamous component and without lymph node metastases. Resection of the lung tumor revealed a papillary adenocarcinoma that was morphologically distinctly different from the LCNEC. The patient died of her lung cancer after 19 months without evidence of recurrence of the LCNEC. Genomic profiling of the salivary gland LCNEC revealed a hypodiploid genome predominated by losses of whole chromosomes or chromosome arms involving chromosomes 3p, 4, 7q, 10, 11, 13, 16q and gains of 3q and 16p. In addition, there was a segmental gain of 9p23-p22.3 including the NFIB oncogene. Continued studies of salivary gland LCNEC may provide new knowledge concerning potential diagnostic biomarkers and may ultimately also lead to the identification of new treatment targets for patients with these aggressive carcinomas.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Cancer och onkologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Cancer and Oncology (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Medicinsk genetik (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Basic Medicine -- Medical Genetics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma

salivary gland

submandibular gland

arrayCGH

combined

COPY scigloo.NUMBER ALTERATIONS

PAROTID-GLAND

LUNG

TUMORS

FUSION

CANCER

GENES

HEAD

NFIB

NECK

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