TY - JOUR
T1 - Ciliated muconodular papillary tumors of the lung can occur in western patients and show mutations in BRAF and AKT1
AU - Liu, Liping
AU - Aesif, Scott W.
AU - Kipp, Benjamin R.
AU - Voss, Jesse S.
AU - Daniel, Silver
AU - Christine Aubry, Marie
AU - Boland, Jennifer M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/11/28
Y1 - 2016/11/28
N2 - Ciliated muconodular papillary tumors (CMPTs) are rare peripheral lung lesions, characterized by papillary architecture and ciliated columnar cells admixed with mucinous cells and basal cells. They often have prominent surrounding intraalveolar mucin, which can lead to diagnostic confusion with mucinous adenocarcinoma. Recognition of the ciliated component is the key to diagnosis of CMPT. The literature contains few reported cases to date, all occurring in East-Asian patients. Although follow-up data are limited, CMPT seems to be an indolent tumor with very good prognosis, leading some to question whether it is a reactive or hamartomatous lesion. However, a very recent molecular study has identified BRAF (40%) and EGFR (30%) alterations in CMPT, supporting a truly neoplastic process. Here for the first time, we report 4 cases of morphologically typical CMPT in western patients, occurring in 1 man (60 y) and 3 women (71 to 83 y). Interestingly, 1 case occurred in background of pronounced small airway disease with necrotizing bronchiolitis and multiple carcinoid tumorlets. We further analyzed 1 tumor using a 50 gene next-generation sequencing oncology panel that identified 2 pathogenic mutations (BRAF V600E and AKT1 E17K). Our study is the first to describe that CMPT can occur in western (non-Asian) patients. Our data confirm BRAF V600E mutation as a probable driver in a subset of these tumors, along with AKT1 mutation, which further supports that CMPT are indolent pulmonary neoplasms.
AB - Ciliated muconodular papillary tumors (CMPTs) are rare peripheral lung lesions, characterized by papillary architecture and ciliated columnar cells admixed with mucinous cells and basal cells. They often have prominent surrounding intraalveolar mucin, which can lead to diagnostic confusion with mucinous adenocarcinoma. Recognition of the ciliated component is the key to diagnosis of CMPT. The literature contains few reported cases to date, all occurring in East-Asian patients. Although follow-up data are limited, CMPT seems to be an indolent tumor with very good prognosis, leading some to question whether it is a reactive or hamartomatous lesion. However, a very recent molecular study has identified BRAF (40%) and EGFR (30%) alterations in CMPT, supporting a truly neoplastic process. Here for the first time, we report 4 cases of morphologically typical CMPT in western patients, occurring in 1 man (60 y) and 3 women (71 to 83 y). Interestingly, 1 case occurred in background of pronounced small airway disease with necrotizing bronchiolitis and multiple carcinoid tumorlets. We further analyzed 1 tumor using a 50 gene next-generation sequencing oncology panel that identified 2 pathogenic mutations (BRAF V600E and AKT1 E17K). Our study is the first to describe that CMPT can occur in western (non-Asian) patients. Our data confirm BRAF V600E mutation as a probable driver in a subset of these tumors, along with AKT1 mutation, which further supports that CMPT are indolent pulmonary neoplasms.
KW - BRAF
KW - Ciliated muconodular papillary tumor
KW - Western
KW - White
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U2 - 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000707
DO - 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000707
M3 - Article
C2 - 27454941
AN - SCOPUS:84979691914
SN - 0147-5185
VL - 40
SP - 1631
EP - 1636
JO - American Journal of Surgical Pathology
JF - American Journal of Surgical Pathology
IS - 12
ER -