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Desmin Positivity in Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors of Childhood

1992; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 16; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00000478-199205000-00007

1532-0979

David M. Parham, Peter Dias, David R. Kelly, Joe C. Rutledge, Peter J. Houghton,

Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment

In this report, we describe two rosette-forming primitive neuroectodermal tumors that were found to contain desmin by both immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. Electron microscopy on both cases was consistent with primitive neuroectodermal tumors and revealed that the tumor cells contained cytoplasmic bundles of intermediate filaments. In both cases, studies for MyoDl protein using immunohistochemistry and Western blotting were negative. Thus, the detection of desmin in a pediatric neoplasm does not absolutely exclude the diagnosis of primitive neuroectodermal tumor and should not be considered as prima facie evidence that a small-cell tumor is a rhabdomyosarcoma.