Thyroid sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia: A clinicopathologic and molecular analysis of a distinct entity

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Sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia is a rare thyroid neoplasm of uncertain pathogenesis that resembles salivary gland mucoepidermoid carcinoma. This multi-institutional study characterizes the clinicopathologic and molecular features of this tumor by utilizing next-generation sequencing to assess common mutations and gene fusions involved in thyroid carcinogenesis as well as fluorescence in-situ hybridization for MAML2 translocations typical of salivary gland mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Nine cases (6 females and 3 males, mean age: 59 years, range 30-77 years) were identified. All cases were comprised of nests and strands of tumor cells with both squamous and mucinous differentiation embedded in a fibrohyaline stroma with an inflammatory infiltrate replete with eosinophils. All cases were p63 positive, thyroglobulin negative and showed variable expression of TTF-1. All nine cases were negative for MAML2 rearrangements. Five cases successfully tested by next-generation sequencing (ThyroSeq v.2 assay) were negative for mutations and translocations commonly involved in thyroid carcinogenesis. NTRK1 showed overexpression but no evidence of translocation. On follow-up, one patient died of persistent disease, whereas one of four remaining patients with available follow-up (mean: 7.3 years, range 4-11 years) demonstrated recurrence at 4 years. Thus, we show that sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia appears molecularly and morphologically distinct from follicular and C-cell-derived thyroid tumors as well as from salivary gland mucoepidermoid carcinoma. The overall and recurrence-free survival for these patients may be lower than for other well-differentiated thyroid cancers.

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Shah, A. A., La Fortune, K., Miller, C., Mills, S. E., Baloch, Z., Livolsi, V., … Seethala, R. R. (2017). Thyroid sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia: A clinicopathologic and molecular analysis of a distinct entity. Modern Pathology, 30(3), 329–339. https://doi.org/10.1038/modpathol.2016.180

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