{"title":"SMARCB1-Deficient Pulmonary Mesenchymal Tumor Without Malignant Histological Features.","authors":"Nozomi Nakajima, Kohei Fukuoka, Seshiru Nakazawa, Yoichi Ohtaki, Nozomi Matsumura, Ayako Yamazaki, Hideaki Yokoo, Akihiko Yoshida, Sumihito Nobusawa","doi":"10.1111/pin.70025","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Complete loss of nuclear SMARCB1 expression was originally described as a hallmark of malignant rhabdoid tumors, typically occurring in the kidney, soft tissue, and central nervous system (CNS). Generally, SMARCB1 deficiency is associated with malignant histopathological appearance, except for some rare tumors. Herein, we present a case of hitherto undescribed SMARCB1-deficient pulmonary mesenchymal tumor without rhabdoid features or malignant histopathology involving a 62-year-old male patient. Histologically, the tumor demonstrated a moderately cellular proliferation of monomorphic spindle cells arranged in short fascicles or a storiform pattern with intervening collagenous stroma. The mitotic activity was lower than that of typical SMARCB1-deficient tumors, and rhabdoid features and necrosis were absent. Nuclear SMARCB1 expression was lost, and a part of SMARCB1 was revealed to be homozygously deleted. DNA methylation analysis demonstrated that this case was not clustered with other well-known SMARCB1-deficient tumors.</p>","PeriodicalId":19806,"journal":{"name":"Pathology International","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pathology International","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pin.70025","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PATHOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Complete loss of nuclear SMARCB1 expression was originally described as a hallmark of malignant rhabdoid tumors, typically occurring in the kidney, soft tissue, and central nervous system (CNS). Generally, SMARCB1 deficiency is associated with malignant histopathological appearance, except for some rare tumors. Herein, we present a case of hitherto undescribed SMARCB1-deficient pulmonary mesenchymal tumor without rhabdoid features or malignant histopathology involving a 62-year-old male patient. Histologically, the tumor demonstrated a moderately cellular proliferation of monomorphic spindle cells arranged in short fascicles or a storiform pattern with intervening collagenous stroma. The mitotic activity was lower than that of typical SMARCB1-deficient tumors, and rhabdoid features and necrosis were absent. Nuclear SMARCB1 expression was lost, and a part of SMARCB1 was revealed to be homozygously deleted. DNA methylation analysis demonstrated that this case was not clustered with other well-known SMARCB1-deficient tumors.
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Pathology International is the official English journal of the Japanese Society of Pathology, publishing articles of excellence in human and experimental pathology. The Journal focuses on the morphological study of the disease process and/or mechanisms. For human pathology, morphological investigation receives priority but manuscripts describing the result of any ancillary methods (cellular, chemical, immunological and molecular biological) that complement the morphology are accepted. Manuscript on experimental pathology that approach pathologenesis or mechanisms of disease processes are expected to report on the data obtained from models using cellular, biochemical, molecular biological, animal, immunological or other methods in conjunction with morphology. Manuscripts that report data on laboratory medicine (clinical pathology) without significant morphological contribution are not accepted.