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A rare Japanese case with a NUT midline carcinoma in the nasal cavity: a case report with immunohistochemical and genetic analyses.
Pathology, research and practice - 1 Jun 2014
Suzuki Shioto, Kurabe Nobuya, Minato Hiroshi, Ohkubo Aki, Ohnishi Ippei, Tanioka Fumihiko, Sugimura Haruhiko
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: NUT (nuclear protein in testis) midline carcinoma (NMC) is a recently described aggressive malignancy that is genetically defined by rearrangements of the NUT locus at 15q14. In approximately two-thirds of cases, the characteristic t(15;19) results in the fusion oncogene BRD4-NUT. Only 10 sinonasal NMCs have been documented, none of which were Japanese cases. CASE PRESENTATION: An 18-year-old woman...
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