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J Neurosurg Case Lessons null;35:. doi: 10.3171/CASE21645.
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NTRK3 gene fusion in an adult ganglioglioma: illustrative case.

Rubino S , Lynes J , McBride P , Sahebjam S , Mokhtari S , Farinhas JM , Perry A , Macaulay R , Vogelbaum MA .


Abstract
BACKGROUND: Gangliogliomas are well-differentiated, slow-growing glioneuronal neoplasms frequently reported to harbor upregulating alterations in the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway, particularly serine-threonine protein kinase B-RAF alterations. Fusions involving neurotrophin tyrosine receptor kinase (NTRK) genes have rarely been reported in ganglioglioma. Similarly, echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like (EML) 4 gene fusion has been described in lung cancer, but none has been reported in ganglioglioma. OBSERVATIONS: This report discusses the care of a 72-year-old man presenting with medication-refractory, left-sided focal seizures who was found to have a nongadolinium-enhancing, T2-hyperintense, right frontoparietal lesion. The patient received resection, and histological analysis found a World Health Organization grade I ganglioglioma, with genetic analysis demonstrating an EML4-NTRK3 gene fusion protein. LESSONS: To our knowledge, this is the first report of an NTRK3 fusion, EML4-NTRK3, in an adult ganglioglioma, which is otherwise mostly associated with BRAF alterations and activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway. Further studies are needed to elucidate the function of the resultant fusion protein and determine whether it may serve as a future therapeutic target.

PubMed ID: 36130567
PMC ID: PMC9379748
Article link: J Neurosurg Case Lessons




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