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. 2006 Apr 5;14(2):158–163. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2004.tb00048.x

CGH Pattern of Esthesioneuroblastoma and their Metastases

Ulrike Bockmühl 1,✉, Xuejun You 3, Manuela Pacyna‐Gengelbach 2, Hartmut Arps 4, Wolfgang Draf 1, Iver Petersen 2
PMCID: PMC8095953  PMID: 15193028

Abstract

Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) was used to screen 22 esthesioneuroblastomas (ENB) from 12 patients including 12 primary tumors and 10 metastasis/recurrent lesions for chromosomal imbalances being the most extensive study so far. The analysis revealed a characteristic pattern consisting of deletions on chromosomes 3p and overrepresentations on 17q in up to 100% of cases. Other important alterations being detectable in more than 80% of cases were deletions on 1 p, 3p/q, 9p, 10p/q along with overrepresentation on 17p13, 20p and 22q. Particularly striking was the pattern for chromosomes 3, 10 and 17q and 20 being affected almost exclusively by deletions or overrepresentations, respectively. Pronounced overrepresentations suggestive for high copy amplifications were seen on 1p34, 1q23‐q31, 7p21, 7q31, 9p23‐p24, 17q11‐q22, 17q24‐q25, 19, 20p, 20q13 and 22q13. Comparing tumor pairs from the same patient revealed a high concordance indicating clonality and confirming the genetic homogeneity of the tumor entity. The analysis of metastatic/recurrent lesions indicated a higher percentage of pronounced alterations, eg, high copy DNA gains at 1q34‐qter, 7q11, 9p23‐p24, 9q34, 13q33‐q34, 16p13.3, 16p11, 16q23‐q24 and 17p13.The analysis furthermore suggested specific alterations, eg, deletions of chromosome 11 and gains of 1p to be associated with metastasis formation and/or worse prognosis. Our results indicate that ENB is a distinct entity and provides criteria for its genetic distinction from other small round cell tumor types.

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