Published in

Wiley, Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, 5(48), 2022

DOI: 10.1111/nan.12814

Links

Tools

Export citation

Search in Google Scholar

Paediatric astroblastoma‐like neuroepithelial tumour of the spinal cord with a MAMLD1‐BEND2 rearrangement

This paper was not found in any repository, but could be made available legally by the author.
This paper was not found in any repository, but could be made available legally by the author.

Full text: Unavailable

Green circle
Preprint: archiving allowed
Orange circle
Postprint: archiving restricted
Red circle
Published version: archiving forbidden
Data provided by SHERPA/RoMEO

Abstract

AbstractAstroblastomas are neuroepithelial tumours defined by the presence of MN1 rearrangement and are typically located in the cerebral hemispheres. Rare cases of astroblastoma‐like tumours carrying an EWSR1‐BEND2 fusion have been recently described in the brain stem and spinal cord. We report a paediatric case of neuroepithelial astroblastoma‐like tumour occurring in the spine and carrying a novel MAMLD1‐BEND2 fusion. We believe that our case aligns with the rare astroblastoma‐like tumours with EWSR1‐BEND2 fusion, in terms of non‐hemispheric location, pathology, methylation profile and activation of BEND2 transcription. Whether they may represent a distinct entity or a variant of MN1‐altered astroblastoma is not clear.