NUT carcinoma
NUT carcinoma
Updated: 10/12/2020
© Jun Wang, MD, PhD
General features
- Formerly known as NUT midline carcinoma
- Aggressive type of poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma
- Named after molecular abnormality involving NUT (nuclear protein in testis) gene
- Commonly midline location, including head and neck, mediastinum
- Metastasis common
Clinical presentations
- Mass related symptoms
Key morphological features
- Infiltrating trabeculae of undifferentiatedcells
- Sudden squamous differentiation
- Desmoplastic stroma
- May have foci of squamous differentiation
Marker
- Nuclear expression of NUT
Genetic abnormality
- Nuclear protein of the testis (NUT) at 15q14
Diagnosis
- Morphology
- Molecular tests (fluorescence in situ hybridization) for translocations involving NUT
Treatment
- No effective treatment
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