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SMARCA4-deficient undifferentiated carcinoma of the ovary (small cell carcinoma, hypercalcemic type): clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 3 cases.
Annals of diagnostic pathology - 1 Oct 2015
Agaimy Abbas, Thiel Falk, Hartmann Arndt, Fukunaga Masaharu
Abstract excerpt
Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type is a very rare aggressive neoplasm of unknown histogenesis, affecting mainly girls and young women. Recently, inactivating mutations in SMARCA4 (BRG1), a member of the switch/sucrose nonfermenting chromatin remodeling complex, has been identified as driver events in most cases. We herein describe 3 cases in 34, 34, and 37-year-old women. Symptoms were mainly...
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