Table 1.
Clinicopathologic, immunophenotypic, and molecular findings of the study cohort.
Age/Sex | Location | Cytologic features | Myogenin | MyoD1 | Desmin | CK AE1/3 | ALK IHC | Molecular alterations | Metastasis | Outcome | |
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1 | 22/M | Mandible | Spindle & epithelioid | Pos (focal) | Pos | Pos (focal) | Pos | Pos | FUS-TFCP2 ALK: WT | Lymph node | NA |
2 | 34/M | Mandible | Spindle, epithelioid & rhabdoid | NA | Pos (patchy) | Pos | Neg | Neg | FUS-TFCP2 ALK deletion (exons 2-17) | No | AWD (10m) |
3 | 16/M | Mandible | Spindle, epithelioid, & rhabdoid | Pos (focal) | Pos (focal) | Pos (focal) | Pos | Pos | FUS-TFCP2 ALK deletion (exons 2-19) | Bone, lung, lymph node | DOD (20m) |
4 | 43/F | Mandible | Spindle & epithelioid | Pos (rare cells) | Pos | Pos | Pos | Pos | FUS-TFCP2 ALK: ND | NA | NA |
5* | 20/F | Maxilla | Spindle & epithelioid | Pos | NA | Pos (focal) | Pos | Pos | EWSR1-TFCP2 ALK: ND | Bone | NA |
6* | 33/F | Maxilla | Spindle & epithelioid | Pos | Pos | Pos (focal) | Pos | Pos | EWSR1-TFCP2 ALK: ND | NA | NED (108m) |
7* | 74/F | Maxilla/gingiva | Spindle & epithelioid | Pos (focal) | Pos (patchy) | Pos | Neg | Pos | FUS-TFCP2 ALK: WT | Lymph node | DOD (21m) |
8* | 27/F | Skull | Spindle & epithelioid | Pos (focal) | Pos | Pos | Pos | Pos | EWSR1-TFCP2 ALK: ND | Bone | AWD (1m) |
9 | 18/M | Skull | Spindle & epithelioid | Neg | NA | Neg | Pos | Pos | FUS-TFCP2 ALK: WT | NA | NA |
10 | 29/M | Skull (base) | Spindle & epithelioid | Pos | Pos | Pos | Pos | NA | EWSR1-TFCP2 ALK: WT | Lung | AWD (2m) |
11 | 40/F | Neck superficial soft tissue | Spindle, epithelioid & round | Pos (rare cells) | NA | Pos | Pos | Pos | FUS-TFCP2 ALK deletion (introns 1-16) | NA | NA |