Intratumor Heterogeneity of KIT Gene Mutations in Acral Lentiginous Melanoma.

The American Journal of Dermatopathology
Andréia Neves Comodo-NavarroGilles Landman

Abstract

Melanoma is an aggressive skin malignancy, and the acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM) subtype affects non-sun-exposed sites such as the volar surface of the hands and feet and the subungual region and is most common in Asians, Hispanics, and Afro-descendants. The presence of different clones within the same tumor seems to influence the aggressiveness of tumors. Patients with mutations in the KIT gene have shown a good response to tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy. We tested the hypothesis of intratumor heterogeneity through analysis of KIT gene mutations in ALM and determined the correlation between KIT mutations and demographic, clinical, and histopathological variables. Twenty-five ALM samples were examined. We selected up to four different regions per tumor for sequencing by the Sanger method for analysis of KIT gene exon 11 and exon 13 mutations. Advanced lesions were predominant, and the main histopathological characteristics of lesions were Breslow index >4.0 mm (17/25, 68%), Clark level IV/V (21/25, 84%), ulceration (16/25, 64%), and >3 mitoses/mm (8/25, 32%). KIT gene mutations were detected in 11/25 cases (44%), and all these 11 cases displayed intratumor heterogeneity, that is, at least 2 tumor regions had different mut...Continue Reading

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