Renal cell carcinoma with t(X;17)(p11.2;q25) in a 6-year-old Taiwanese boy

Virchows Arch. 2007 Feb;450(2):215-9. doi: 10.1007/s00428-006-0337-8.

Abstract

Pediatric renal cell carcinoma (RCC) associated with ASPL-TFE3 gene fusion resulting from balanced translocation, t(X;17)(p11.2;q25), is a distinctive tumor entity. It is uncommon, and most reported cases have exclusively come from Western societies. We report a case of t(X;17)(p11.2;q25) RCC in a 6-year-old Taiwanese boy. The patient presented with dysuria and intermittent hematuria for 1 year. Nonenhanced CT showed a well-defined homogeneous hyperdensity lesion in the upper pole of the left kidney. This patient refused to receive immediate surgical procedures but had routine follow-ups. After a 9-month follow-up, the patient underwent total nephrectomy with a favorable outcome. Final diagnosis is established based on the characteristic microscopic features, strong nuclear TFE-3 immunoreactivity, and the presence of type 1 TFE3-ASPL fusion gene detected by reverse transcriptasepolymerase chain reactions. No adjuvant therapy is given, and the patient is alive without evidence of disease for 1 year and 6 months.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors / genetics
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / genetics*
  • Child
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17*
  • Chromosomes, Human, X*
  • Gene Fusion
  • Humans
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Kidney Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Proteins / genetics
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / genetics
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Translocation, Genetic*

Substances

  • ASPSCR1 protein, human
  • Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion
  • TFE3 protein, human