Abstract | BACKGROUND: CASE PRESENTATION: CONCLUSIONS: The life-threatening aggressiveness of NUT midline carcinoma mandates to reach the right diagnosis in the shortest possible time. In this regard, poorly differentiated carcinomas lacking glandular differentiation mandate testing for NUT expression by immunohistochemistry. Awareness of a potentially misleading tumor marker elevation can help to broaden the differential diagnosis and establish the most appropriate treatment.
|
Authors | Lorenzo D'Ambrosio, Erica Palesandro, Marina Moretti, Giuseppe Pelosi, Alessandra Fabbri, Fabrizio Carnevale Schianca, Massimo Aglietta, Giovanni Grignani |
Journal | BMC cancer
(BMC Cancer)
Vol. 17
Issue 1
Pg. 266
(Apr 13 2017)
ISSN: 1471-2407 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 28407756
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
|
Chemical References |
- NUTM1 protein, human
- Neoplasm Proteins
- Nuclear Proteins
- Oncogene Proteins
- alpha-Fetoproteins
|
Topics |
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
(diagnosis, metabolism)
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Humans
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Male
- Mediastinal Neoplasms
(diagnosis, metabolism)
- Neoplasm Proteins
- Nuclear Proteins
- Oncogene Proteins
- Young Adult
- alpha-Fetoproteins
(metabolism)
|