A subset of so-called dermal non-neural granular cell tumours are underlined by ALK fusions, further supporting the idea that they represent a variant of epithelioid fibrous histiocytoma

Histopathology. 2018 Sep;73(3):532-534. doi: 10.1111/his.13645. Epub 2018 Jun 25.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase / genetics*
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis*
  • Epithelioid Cells / pathology
  • Female
  • Gene Fusion / physiology*
  • Gene Rearrangement
  • Granular Cell Tumor / diagnosis
  • Granular Cell Tumor / genetics
  • Granular Cell Tumor / pathology*
  • Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / diagnosis
  • Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / genetics
  • Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Male

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • ALK protein, human
  • Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase