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DNAJB1-PRKACA-positive metastatic fibrolamellar carcinoma with unknown primary in a pediatric patient.

Samuel BalbeurAdeline DumortierJulien MergenLouis LibbrechtMichael TorbensonCecile BoulangerMaëlle de Ville de GoyetAn Van DammeBénédicte Brichard
Published in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2019)
Fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC) is a rare variant of hepatocellular carcinoma, occurring in children and young adults without underlying liver disease. The diagnosis is based on morphological characteristics of the tumor, supplemented by immunohistochemistry and/or genetic testing. Recently, the presence of a characteristic DNAJB1-PRKACA fusion gene has been associated with FLC. Herein, we report a case of FLC presenting as peritoneal carcinomatosis in a 14-year-old female. Interestingly, no liver tumor was seen on imaging, and an alternative possibility is that the tumor arose outside the liver as a hepatoid carcinoma with fibrolamellar features.
Keyphrases
  • young adults
  • small cell lung cancer
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • gene expression
  • mass spectrometry
  • photodynamic therapy
  • childhood cancer