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Identification of somatic APC mutations in recurrent desmoid tumors in a patient with familial adenomatous polyposis to determine actual recurrence of the original tumor or de novo occurrence.

Abstract
A 25-year-old female with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) presented with an abdominal tumor just below the scar due to a colectomy performed 15 months previously. This tumor (tumor A) measured 7 cm in diameter, was diagnosed as a desmoid tumor of the abdominal wall, and was excised. Despite the subsequent administration of sulindac (300 mg daily for 1 year), a desmoid tumor recurred at the same site. Excision was performed again when the tumor was 8 cm in diameter, and examination revealed it to consist of a large tumor (B) and a small tumor (C) that bulged out from tumor B. Germ-line APC analysis showed a C deletion at codon 1460 resulting in a stop codon. Two somatic mutations were observed in tumor A: a TCAA deletion at codon 1068 and a deletion of a codon at bp 1192-2097. In tumor B, a somatic mutation was found at codon 1041 changing CAA to TAA. We could not detect any somatic mutations in tumor C. We conclude that somatic mutation analysis of the APC gene can be used to identify whether a recurrent desmoid tumor in a patient with FAP is a new primary tumor or a recurrence from microscopic remnants of the original tumor.
AuthorsTakeo Iwama, Kouki Kuwabara, Mineko Ushiama, Teruhiko Yoshida, Kokichi Sugano, Hideyuki Ishida
JournalFamilial cancer (Fam Cancer) Vol. 8 Issue 1 Pg. 51-4 ( 2009) ISSN: 1573-7292 [Electronic] Netherlands
PMID18704758 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antineoplastic Agents
Topics
  • Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (genetics, pathology, surgery)
  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Colectomy
  • Female
  • Fibromatosis, Aggressive (genetics, therapy)
  • Genes, APC
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local (genetics, therapy)
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary (genetics)
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

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