Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma Component from an Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Lung with Identical Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutations

The case reported is a young “light” ex-smoker who initially had a localized adenosquamous carcinoma bearing an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) sensitizing mutation. He first recurred six months after initial treatment within the brain with a pure squamous histology and the same EGFR mutat...

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Main Authors: Jarred Burkart, Konstantin Shilo, Weiqiang Zhao, Efe Ozkan, Amna Ajam, Gregory A. Otterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/283875
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author Jarred Burkart
Konstantin Shilo
Weiqiang Zhao
Efe Ozkan
Amna Ajam
Gregory A. Otterson
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description The case reported is a young “light” ex-smoker who initially had a localized adenosquamous carcinoma bearing an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) sensitizing mutation. He first recurred six months after initial treatment within the brain with a pure squamous histology and the same EGFR mutation. Surgical resection and radiation rendered him disease-free. Subsequent isolated recurrence within the lung eighteen months later was a pure adenocarcinoma, again with the same identified EGFR mutation. These histologic changes (from adenosquamous to pure squamous to pure adenocarcinoma) have been described but not before in the absence of any selection pressure with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors. This case points out the histologic “flexibility” of EGFR mutant lung cancers and the importance for appropriate molecular testing in nonsmokers with lung cancer of any histologic type.
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spelling doaj-art-91672c2f20864db58c72b3a3d054bb492025-08-20T03:37:06ZengWileyCase Reports in Pulmonology2090-68462090-68542015-01-01201510.1155/2015/283875283875Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma Component from an Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Lung with Identical Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor MutationsJarred Burkart0Konstantin Shilo1Weiqiang Zhao2Efe Ozkan3Amna Ajam4Gregory A. Otterson5Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 43210, USADepartment of Pathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 43210, USADepartment of Pathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 43210, USADepartment of Radiology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 43210, USADepartment of Radiology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 43210, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 43210, USAThe case reported is a young “light” ex-smoker who initially had a localized adenosquamous carcinoma bearing an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) sensitizing mutation. He first recurred six months after initial treatment within the brain with a pure squamous histology and the same EGFR mutation. Surgical resection and radiation rendered him disease-free. Subsequent isolated recurrence within the lung eighteen months later was a pure adenocarcinoma, again with the same identified EGFR mutation. These histologic changes (from adenosquamous to pure squamous to pure adenocarcinoma) have been described but not before in the absence of any selection pressure with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors. This case points out the histologic “flexibility” of EGFR mutant lung cancers and the importance for appropriate molecular testing in nonsmokers with lung cancer of any histologic type.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/283875
spellingShingle Jarred Burkart
Konstantin Shilo
Weiqiang Zhao
Efe Ozkan
Amna Ajam
Gregory A. Otterson
Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma Component from an Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Lung with Identical Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutations
Case Reports in Pulmonology
title Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma Component from an Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Lung with Identical Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutations
title_full Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma Component from an Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Lung with Identical Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutations
title_fullStr Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma Component from an Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Lung with Identical Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutations
title_full_unstemmed Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma Component from an Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Lung with Identical Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutations
title_short Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma Component from an Adenosquamous Carcinoma of the Lung with Identical Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutations
title_sort metastatic squamous cell carcinoma component from an adenosquamous carcinoma of the lung with identical epidermal growth factor receptor mutations
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/283875
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