Desmoplastic myxoid tumor of pineal region, SMARCB1-mutant, in young adult

• Published in: Free Neuropathology Vol. 2
• Main Authors: Manoranjan, Branavan, Starreveld, Yves P, Nordal, Robert A, Dunham, Christopher, Bens, Susanne, Thomas, Christian, Hasselblatt, Martin, Joseph, Jeffrey T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany freeneuropathology 01.06.2021; University of Münster / Open Journals System
• Subjects: Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor; Case Report; CSF dissemination; Desmoplastic myxoid tumor; Pineal; SMARCB1-mutant; SMARCB1-mutant; Desmoplastic myxoid tumor; Pineal; Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor; CSF dissemination
• ISSN: 2699-4445
• DOI: 10.17879/freeneuropathology-2021-3340

We present a young adult woman who developed a myxoid tumor of the pineal region having a mutation, which was phenotypically similar to the recently described desmoplastic myxoid, -mutant tumor of the pineal region (DMT-SMARCB1). The 24-year-old woman presented with headaches, nausea, and emesis. Neuroimaging identified a hypodense lesion in CT scans that was T -hypointense, hyperintense in both T -weighted and FLAIR MRI scans, and displayed gadolinium enhancement. The resected tumor had an abundant, Alcian-blue positive myxoid matrix with interspersed, non-neoplastic neuropil-glial-vascular elements. It immunoreacted with CD34 and individual cells for EMA. Immunohistochemistry revealed loss of nuclear INI1 expression by the myxoid component but its retention in the vascular elements. Molecular analyses identified a deletion and DNA methylation studies showed that this tumor grouped together with the recently described DMT-SMARCB1. A cerebrospinal fluid cytologic preparation had several cells morphologically similar to those in routine and electron microscopy. We briefly discuss the correlation of the pathology with the radiology and how this tumor compares with other -mutant tumors of the nervous system.