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Cutaneous PEComa does not harbour TFE3 gene fusions: immunohistochemical and molecular study of 17 cases
Mar Llamas-Velasco1, Thomas Mentzel, Luis Requena
1Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain.
Aims:
The family of perivascular epithelioid cell tumours (PEComas) comprises a related group of mesenchymal tumours of uncertain origin that show both smooth muscle and melanocytic differentiation markers. TFE3 nuclear immunoreactivity may be viewed as a supporting marker, as it has been found in a subset of visceral PEComas. We immunohistochemically analysed 17 cases of primary cutaneous PEComas for TFE3, and five of them also for SOX-10, and also analysed them by FISH for TFE3 rearrangement.
Methods And Results:
PEComas presented as skin-coloured tumours, in 12 women and five men, with a median age of 49.5 years. Tumours showed either a mixed clear cell-epithelioid cell pattern or a monomorphous clear cell pattern. None of the primary cutaneous PEComas showed detectable TFE3 or SOX-10 positivity. FISH assay for TFE3 rearrangement yielded negative results in all of the tested tumours.
Conclusions:
Cutaneous PEComas are mostly composed of clear cells, and, unlike a subset of visceral and deep-seated PEComas, cutaneous PEComas consistently lack TFE3 expression. Owing to the lack of SOX-10 expression, a neural crest origin could not be shown.
