Ewing sarcoma with 7;22 translocation: three new cases and clinicopathological characterization

Fetal Pediatr Pathol. 2012 Dec;31(6):341-8. doi: 10.3109/15513815.2012.659397. Epub 2012 Mar 20.

Abstract

Ewing sarcoma (ES) is the second most common primary bone malignancy in children and is typically characterized by a translocation involving the EWS gene on chromosome 22 and a member of the ETS family of genes: FLI1 (90%), ERG1 (5%), ETV1 (1%), ETV4 (1%), and FEV (1%). We identified three new cases of t(7;22) (p22;q12) (EWS-ETV1) ES and a literature search revealed an additional six cases. In comparison to conventional ES with t(11;22) (q24;q12) (EWS-FLI1), the t(7;22) ES variant has a higher propensity for females and children in a younger age group and it occurs more commonly in extraosseous locations.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormal Karyotype
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism
  • Bone Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Bone Neoplasms / pathology
  • Bone Neoplasms / therapy
  • Child
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22 / genetics*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7 / genetics*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • DNA, Neoplasm / analysis
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Infant
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / genetics
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / metabolism
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / genetics*
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / pathology
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / therapy
  • Translocation, Genetic*

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • DNA, Neoplasm
  • EWS-ETV1 fusion protein, human
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion