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Rare MDM2 amplification in a fat-predominant angiomyolipoma

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Angiomyolipomas (AMLs) are triphasic tumors (smooth muscle, vascular and adipocytic components) with myomelanocytic differentiation, arising most commonly in the kidneys, which can show predominant epithelioid morphology and fat-predominant or fat-poor variants. Fat-predominant AMLs can show areas of hypercellularity and lipoblast-like cells, and these features can mimic well-differentiated liposarcoma (WDLS). To date, only one documented metastatic epithelioid AML showed unequivocal MDM2 amplification by fluorescence in situ hybridization. We describe our findings in a series of 35 AMLs including epithelioid, fat-poor, and fat-predominant variants, following interrogation of the MDM2 locus by FISH and CISH assays. MDM2 amplification was detected in 1 fat-predominant AML. Our findings demonstrate that rare MDM2 amplifications can occur in AMLs. We favor that this finding likely represents a “molecular bystander” event since these tumors are mainly driven by aberrations in the TSC1/TSC2 genes. Nevertheless, the presence of MDM2 amplification in a fat-predominant AML could present a potential diagnostic pitfall, particularly when confronted with the differential diagnosis of fat-predominant AML and WDLS in limited material from the retroperitoneum.

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Jennifer Gooding, CG (ASCP) CM Technical Specialist II-Cytogenetics Laboratory, Division of Laboratory Genetics Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN.

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  1. Pathology Department, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Maria Del Carmen Rodriguez Pena, Shi Wei, George J. Netto, Shuko Harada & Carlos N. Prieto Granada

  2. Pathology Department, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Jennifer Gordetsky

  3. Urology Department, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Jennifer Gordetsky

  4. Pathology Department, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Patricia T. Greipp

  5. Department of Diagnostic and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

    Guido Martignoni

  6. Department of Pathology, Pederzoli Hospital, Peschiera Del Garda, Verona, Italy

    Guido Martignoni

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CNPG conceived and designed the study, edited and reviewed the manuscript, and collected and analyzed the data. MCRP wrote, edited, and reviewed the manuscript. SH collected and analyzed the data and reviewed and edited the manuscript. JG, PTG, SW, GM, and GJN reviewed and edited the manuscript. All authors gave final approval for publication. CNPG takes full responsibility for the work as a whole, including the study design, access to data, and the decision to submit and publish the manuscript.

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Rodriguez Pena, M.D.C., Gordetsky, J., Greipp, P.T. et al. Rare MDM2 amplification in a fat-predominant angiomyolipoma. Virchows Arch 477, 661–666 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-020-02813-9

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