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Establishment and Characterization of Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumor Spheroids
Published on: October 14, 2019
[Gastro-intestinal neuroectodermal tumor (GNET): A case report of a small intestine tumor with hepatic metastases]
Thibault Kervarrec1, Claire Lecointre1, Rémy Kerdraon1
1Service d'anatomie pathologique, hôpital de la Source, 14, avenue de l'Hôpital, 45067 Orléans, France.
Abstract:
The gastro-intestinal neuroectodermal tumor (GNET) is a rare sarcoma of the digestive tract, which was recently recognised. The knowledge of the morphological, immunohistochemical and molecular diagnostic criteria is necessary to not mistake it for the metastasis of a melanoma or for another sarcoma of the digestive tract as the gastro-intestinal clear cells sarcoma or the malignant peripheral nervous system tumor (MPNST). We report the case of a 41-year-old patient with a GNET of the small intestine with hepatic metastasis. The histological examination showed a diffuse proliferation of epithelioid cells, which only express PS100. The presence EWSR1-ATF1 gene fusions with any melanocytic differentiation leads to the diagnosis of GNET.

