Table 2 Molecular characteristics and extended immunophenotype of eight mesenchymal tumors of the GI tract with NTRK rearrangements.

From: Mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract with NTRK rearrangements: a clinicopathological, immunophenotypic, and molecular study of eight cases, emphasizing their distinction from gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)

Case no.

Molecular

Method

Breakpoints

Additional immunohistochemistry

1

ETV6 rearrangement

ETV6 break-apart FISH

N/A

SOX10−, SMA−, desmin−, WT1−, GFAP−

2

ETV6–NTRK3

UCSF500 and ETV6 break-apart FISH

In5–In14

SMA+ (patchy)

3

TPM3–NTRK1

UCSF500

In8–In7

SMA+ (patchy)

4

SPECC1L–NTRK3

Knight Diagnostics

Ex9–Ex12

SOX10−, SMA−

5

TPM3–NTRK1

In-house (Mayo Clinic)

Ex8–Ex10

SOX10−, claudin-1−, GLUT1−, STAT6−, EMA−

6

LMNA–NTRK1

TruSight RNA Fusion panel

Ex2–In9

SOX10−, EMA−

7

TPM3–NTRK1

OncoPanel

In7–Ex9a

SOX10−, SMA−, desmin−, STAT6−, ALK−, pan-keratin−

8

TPR–NTRK1

In-house (Mayo Clinic)

Ex21–Ex10

SOX10−, microphthalmiaTF−, HMB45−, melan-A−, SDHB and H3K27me3 retained

  1. In intron, Ex exon, N/A not available.
  2. aThe NTRK1 genomic breakpoint involved exon 9, but RNAseq demonstrated post-splicing expression of exon 10.