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==Definition / Description of Disease==
==Definition / Description of Disease==
Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a mesenchymal spindle cell neoplasm that can develop at any site in the body, including soft tissue, visceral organs, bone, etc. It was first described by Klemperer and Rabin<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Klemperer|first=Paul|last2=Rabin|first2=Coleman B.|date=1992-01|title=Primary Neoplasms of the pleura. A report of five cases|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajim.4700220103|journal=American Journal of Industrial Medicine|language=en|volume=22|issue=1|pages=4–31|doi=10.1002/ajim.4700220103|issn=0271-3586}}</ref> in 1992 as a tumor of the pleura. However, since then this entity has been increasingly described from extrapleural sites. A morphologic clue to the diagnosis is the distinctive branching “staghorn” vessels. SFT is characterized by ''NAB2::STAT6'' fusion resulting from a paracentric inversion at chromosome 12q13q13.
==Synonyms / Terminology==
==Synonyms / Terminology==
Formerly SFTs were categorized as hemangiopericytomas.
==Epidemiology / Prevalence==
==Epidemiology / Prevalence==
SFT occurs most commonly in adults with no gender predilection. Incidence of the tumor is highest in the age group of 40-70 years.
==Clinical Features==
==Clinical Features==
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|SFTs present as slow-growing, painless neoplasms. Clinical symptoms can be due to mass effect in the site of involvement.
e.g. Abdomen/Pelvis: abdominal distention, constipation, urinary retention
Head/Neck: Dysphonia, nasal obstruction, dysphagia
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==Sites of Involvement==
==Sites of Involvement==
SFTs may occur at any site of the body. Involvement of head and neck, deep soft tissues, abdominal cavity, retroperitoneum, pelvis, bone, and visceral organs have been reported.
==Morphologic Features==
==Morphologic Features==
Morphologically, biopsy or resection specimens will show a bland spindle cell proliferation arranged haphazardly in a background of collagenous stroma. Cells contain ovoid nuclei within eosinophilic cytoplasm with indistinct cell borders. Tumors can vary in cellularity and stromal collagen. On low power, branching, “staghorn” shaped vessels can often be appreciated. Mitotic counts are usually low. Myxoid and lipomatous change have been described. SFT with adipocytic component are referred to as fat-forming (lipomatous) SFTs. There is also a variant known as giant cell rich SFT, which has the classic patternless spindle cell proliferation admixed with multinucleated giant cells. Dedifferentiated SFTs will show conventional SFT transitioning to a high-grade pleomorphic variant. Heterologous elements may be present. Standard immunophenotypic expression of CD34 and STAT6 is often lost in the dedifferentiated component.
==Immunophenotype<ref>Goldblum, John R, et al. ''Enzinger & Weiss’s Soft Tissue Tumors''. 7th ed., Philadelphia, PA, Elsevier, 2020, pp. 1133–1147.</ref>==
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==Chromosomal Rearrangements (Gene Fusions)==
==Chromosomal Rearrangements (Gene Fusions)==
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|<span class="blue-text">EXAMPLE:</span> t(9;22)(q34;q11.2)||<span class="blue-text">EXAMPLE:</span> 3'ABL1 / 5'BCR||<span class="blue-text">EXAMPLE:</span> der(22)||<span class="blue-text">EXAMPLE:</span> 20% (COSMIC)
|inv(12)(q13q13)||3'STAT6 / 5'NAB2<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Huang|first=Shih‐Chiang|last2=Li|first2=Chien‐Feng|last3=Kao|first3=Yu‐Chien|last4=Chuang|first4=I‐Chieh|last5=Tai|first5=Hui‐Chun|last6=Tsai|first6=Jen‐Wei|last7=Yu|first7=Shih‐Chen|last8=Huang|first8=Hsuan‐Ying|last9=Lan|first9=Jui|date=2016-02|title=The clinicopathological significance of NAB 2‐ STAT 6 gene fusions in 52 cases of intrathoracic solitary fibrous tumors|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cam4.572|journal=Cancer Medicine|language=en|volume=5|issue=2|pages=159–168|doi=10.1002/cam4.572|issn=2045-7634}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chmielecki|first=Juliann|last2=Crago|first2=Aimee M|last3=Rosenberg|first3=Mara|last4=O'Connor|first4=Rachael|last5=Walker|first5=Sarah R|last6=Ambrogio|first6=Lauren|last7=Auclair|first7=Daniel|last8=McKenna|first8=Aaron|last9=Heinrich|first9=Michael C|date=2013-02|title=Whole-exome sequencing identifies a recurrent NAB2-STAT6 fusion in solitary fibrous tumors|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/ng.2522|journal=Nature Genetics|language=en|volume=45|issue=2|pages=131–132|doi=10.1038/ng.2522|issn=1061-4036}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Robinson|first=Dan R|last2=Wu|first2=Yi-Mi|last3=Kalyana-Sundaram|first3=Shanker|last4=Cao|first4=Xuhong|last5=Lonigro|first5=Robert J|last6=Sung|first6=Yun-Shao|last7=Chen|first7=Chun-Liang|last8=Zhang|first8=Lei|last9=Wang|first9=Rui|date=2013-02|title=Identification of recurrent NAB2-STAT6 gene fusions in solitary fibrous tumor by integrative sequencing|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/ng.2509|journal=Nature Genetics|language=en|volume=45|issue=2|pages=180–185|doi=10.1038/ng.2509|issn=1061-4036}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mohajeri|first=Arezoo|last2=Tayebwa|first2=Johnbosco|last3=Collin|first3=Anna|last4=Nilsson|first4=Jenny|last5=Magnusson|first5=Linda|last6=von Steyern|first6=Fredrik Vult|last7=Brosjö|first7=Otte|last8=Domanski|first8=Henryk A.|last9=Larsson|first9=Olle|date=2013-10|title=Comprehensive genetic analysis identifies a pathognomonic NAB2/STAT6 fusion gene, nonrandom secondary genomic imbalances, and a characteristic gene expression profile in solitary fibrous tumor|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gcc.22083|journal=Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer|language=en|volume=52|issue=10|pages=873–886|doi=10.1002/gcc.22083|issn=1045-2257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Vogels|first=Rob JC|last2=Vlenterie|first2=Myrella|last3=Versleijen-Jonkers|first3=Yvonne MH|last4=Ruijter|first4=Emiel|last5=Bekers|first5=Elise M|last6=Verdijk|first6=Marian AJ|last7=Link|first7=Monique M|last8=Bonenkamp|first8=Johannes J|last9=van der Graaf|first9=Winette TA|date=2014-12|title=Solitary fibrous tumor – clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical and molecular analysis of 28 cases|url=https://diagnosticpathology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13000-014-0224-6|journal=Diagnostic Pathology|language=en|volume=9|issue=1|doi=10.1186/s13000-014-0224-6|issn=1746-1596}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Akaike|first=Keisuke|last2=Kurisaki-Arakawa|first2=Aiko|last3=Hara|first3=Kieko|last4=Suehara|first4=Yoshiyuki|last5=Takagi|first5=Tatsuya|last6=Mitani|first6=Keiko|last7=Kaneko|first7=Kazuo|last8=Yao|first8=Takashi|last9=Saito|first9=Tsuyoshi|date=2015-03|title=Distinct clinicopathological features of NAB2-STAT6 fusion gene variants in solitary fibrous tumor with emphasis on the acquisition of highly malignant potential|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0046817714004912|journal=Human Pathology|language=en|volume=46|issue=3|pages=347–356|doi=10.1016/j.humpath.2014.11.018}}</ref>||NA||55-100%
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|No
|<span class="blue-text">EXAMPLE:</span> Yes
|Many different breakpoints in the exons and introns are associated with this fusion. Ex: ''NAB2''ex4-''STAT6''ex2; ''NAB2''ex6-''STAT6''ex16/17
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==Individual Region Genomic Gain / Loss / LOH==
==Individual Region Genomic Gain / Loss / LOH==
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==Characteristic Chromosomal Patterns==
==Characteristic Chromosomal Patterns==
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==Gene Mutations (SNV / INDEL)==
==Gene Mutations (SNV / INDEL)==
There are multiple genes with single nucleotide variations that have been reported only in metastatic solitary fibrous tumor tissues including TP53 and APAF1.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Park|first=Hyung Kyu|last2=Yu|first2=Dan Bi|last3=Sung|first3=Minjung|last4=Oh|first4=Ensel|last5=Kim|first5=Mingi|last6=Song|first6=Ji-Young|last7=Lee|first7=Mi-Sook|last8=Jung|first8=Kyungsoo|last9=Noh|first9=Ka-Won|date=2019|title=Molecular changes in solitary fibrous tumor progression|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6746689/|journal=Journal of Molecular Medicine (Berlin, Germany)|volume=97|issue=10|pages=1413–1425|doi=10.1007/s00109-019-01815-8|issn=0946-2716|pmc=6746689|pmid=31321477}}</ref>
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|<span class="blue-text">EXAMPLE:</span> ''TP53''; Variable LOF mutations
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|Oncogene
|13-29% <ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Bahrami|first=Armita|last2=Lee|first2=Seungjae|last3=Schaefer|first3=Inga-Marie|last4=Boland|first4=Jennifer M|last5=Patton|first5=Kurt T|last6=Pounds|first6=Stanley|last7=Fletcher|first7=Christopher D|date=2016-12|title=TERT promoter mutations and prognosis in solitary fibrous tumor|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0893395222023328|journal=Modern Pathology|language=en|volume=29|issue=12|pages=1511–1522|doi=10.1038/modpathol.2016.126}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Liu|first=Xiaoli|last2=Bishop|first2=Justin|last3=Shan|first3=Yuan|last4=Pai|first4=Sara|last5=Liu|first5=Dingxie|last6=Murugan|first6=Avaniyapuram Kannan|last7=Sun|first7=Hui|last8=El-Naggar|first8=Adel K|last9=Xing|first9=Mingzhao|date=2013-08|title=Highly prevalent TERT promoter mutations in aggressive thyroid cancers|url=https://erc.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/erc/20/4/603.xml|journal=Endocrine-Related Cancer|volume=20|issue=4|pages=603–610|doi=10.1530/ERC-13-0210|issn=1351-0088|pmc=PMC3782569|pmid=23766237}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Killela|first=Patrick J.|last2=Reitman|first2=Zachary J.|last3=Jiao|first3=Yuchen|last4=Bettegowda|first4=Chetan|last5=Agrawal|first5=Nishant|last6=Diaz|first6=Luis A.|last7=Friedman|first7=Allan H.|last8=Friedman|first8=Henry|last9=Gallia|first9=Gary L.|date=2013-04-09|title=TERT promoter mutations occur frequently in gliomas and a subset of tumors derived from cells with low rates of self-renewal|url=https://pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1303607110|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|language=en|volume=110|issue=15|pages=6021–6026|doi=10.1073/pnas.1303607110|issn=0027-8424|pmc=PMC3625331|pmid=23530248}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Koelsche|first=Christian|last2=Renner|first2=Marcus|last3=Hartmann|first3=Wolfgang|last4=Brandt|first4=Regine|last5=Lehner|first5=Burkhard|last6=Waldburger|first6=Nina|last7=Alldinger|first7=Ingo|last8=Schmitt|first8=Thomas|last9=Egerer|first9=Gerlinde|date=2014-12|title=TERT promoter hotspot mutations are recurrent in myxoid liposarcomas but rare in other soft tissue sarcoma entities|url=https://jeccr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1756-9966-33-33|journal=Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research|language=en|volume=33|issue=1|doi=10.1186/1756-9966-33-33|issn=1756-9966}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Demicco|first=Elizabeth G.|last2=Wani|first2=Khalida|last3=Ingram|first3=Davis|last4=Wagner|first4=Michael|last5=Maki|first5=Robert G.|last6=Rizzo|first6=Anthony|last7=Meeker|first7=Alan|last8=Lazar|first8=Alexander J.|last9=Wang|first9=Wei-Lien|date=2018-11|title=TERT promoter mutations in solitary fibrous tumour|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29985536|journal=Histopathology|volume=73|issue=5|pages=843–851|doi=10.1111/his.13703|issn=1365-2559|pmid=29985536}}</ref>
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|No
|<span class="blue-text">EXAMPLE:</span> TSG
|Yes<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Park|first=Hyung Kyu|last2=Yu|first2=Dan Bi|last3=Sung|first3=Minjung|last4=Oh|first4=Ensel|last5=Kim|first5=Mingi|last6=Song|first6=Ji-Young|last7=Lee|first7=Mi-Sook|last8=Jung|first8=Kyungsoo|last9=Noh|first9=Ka-Won|date=2019-10|title=Molecular changes in solitary fibrous tumor progression|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31321477|journal=Journal of Molecular Medicine (Berlin, Germany)|volume=97|issue=10|pages=1413–1425|doi=10.1007/s00109-019-01815-8|issn=1432-1440|pmc=6746689|pmid=31321477}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bahrami|first=Armita|last2=Lee|first2=Seungjae|last3=Schaefer|first3=Inga-Marie|last4=Boland|first4=Jennifer M.|last5=Patton|first5=Kurt T.|last6=Pounds|first6=Stanley|last7=Fletcher|first7=Christopher D.|date=2016-12|title=TERT promoter mutations and prognosis in solitary fibrous tumor|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27562490|journal=Modern Pathology: An Official Journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc|volume=29|issue=12|pages=1511–1522|doi=10.1038/modpathol.2016.126|issn=1530-0285|pmc=5731237|pmid=27562490}}</ref>
|<span class="blue-text">EXAMPLE:</span> 20% (COSMIC)
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|<span class="blue-text">EXAMPLE:</span> No
|6.3-41%<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Yao|first=Chen-Chen|last2=Zhou|first2=Jian|last3=Li|first3=Xiao|last4=Yang|first4=Jun|last5=Chen|first5=Gang|last6=Wei|first6=Jia|last7=Fan|first7=Qin-He|last8=Gong|first8=Qi-Xing|date=2023|title=Prognostic analysis of extrameningeal solitary fibrous tumor using the modified Demicco model: a clinicopathologic study of 111 Chinese cases|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38239634|journal=Frontiers in Oncology|volume=13|pages=1272090|doi=10.3389/fonc.2023.1272090|issn=2234-943X|pmc=PMC10796168|pmid=38239634}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
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|}Note: A more extensive list of mutations can be found in cBioportal (https://www.cbioportal.org/), COSMIC (https://cancer.sanger.ac.uk/cosmic), ICGC (https://dcc.icgc.org/) and/or other databases. When applicable, gene-specific pages within the CCGA site directly link to pertinent external content.
|No
|Yes<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Machado|first=Isidro|last2=Morales|first2=Gema Nieto|last3=Cruz|first3=Julia|last4=Lavernia|first4=Javier|last5=Giner|first5=Francisco|last6=Navarro|first6=Samuel|last7=Ferrandez|first7=Antonio|last8=Llombart-Bosch|first8=Antonio|date=2020-04|title=Solitary fibrous tumor: a case series identifying pathological adverse factors-implications for risk stratification and classification|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31529158|journal=Virchows Archiv: An International Journal of Pathology|volume=476|issue=4|pages=597–607|doi=10.1007/s00428-019-02660-3|issn=1432-2307|pmid=31529158}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
|No
|Single base pair substitution have been identified in exon 5 or exon 6 of TP53. <ref name=":3" /> Mutations of TP53 have been associated with malignant and dedifferentiated SFTs.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dagrada|first=Gian P.|last2=Spagnuolo|first2=Rosalin D.|last3=Mauro|first3=Valentina|last4=Tamborini|first4=Elena|last5=Cesana|first5=Luca|last6=Gronchi|first6=Alessandro|last7=Stacchiotti|first7=Silvia|last8=Pierotti|first8=Marco A.|last9=Negri|first9=Tiziana|date=2015-08|title=Solitary fibrous tumors: loss of chimeric protein expression and genomic instability mark dedifferentiation|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26022454|journal=Modern Pathology: An Official Journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc|volume=28|issue=8|pages=1074–1083|doi=10.1038/modpathol.2015.70|issn=1530-0285|pmid=26022454}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kurisaki-Arakawa|first=Aiko|last2=Akaike|first2=Keisuke|last3=Hara|first3=Kieko|last4=Arakawa|first4=Atsushi|last5=Takahashi|first5=Michiko|last6=Mitani|first6=Keiko|last7=Yao|first7=Takashi|last8=Saito|first8=Tsuyoshi|date=2014-11|title=A case of dedifferentiated solitary fibrous tumor in the pelvis with TP53 mutation|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25015562|journal=Virchows Archiv: An International Journal of Pathology|volume=465|issue=5|pages=615–621|doi=10.1007/s00428-014-1625-3|issn=1432-2307|pmid=25015562}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nonaka|first=Haruna|last2=Kandori|first2=Shuya|last3=Nitta|first3=Satoshi|last4=Shiga|first4=Masanobu|last5=Nagumo|first5=Yoshiyuki|last6=Kimura|first6=Tomokazu|last7=Kawahara|first7=Takashi|last8=Negoro|first8=Hiromitsu|last9=Hoshi|first9=Akio|date=2021|title=Case Report: Molecular Characterization of Aggressive Malignant Retroperitoneal Solitary Fibrous Tumor: A Case Study|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35004271|journal=Frontiers in Oncology|volume=11|pages=736969|doi=10.3389/fonc.2021.736969|issn=2234-943X|pmc=8727594|pmid=35004271}}</ref>
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|Alteration of APAF1 results in gain of a stop codon. The gene is inactivated by DNA methylation of the promoter region. Decreased APAF1 is considered to lead to inhibition of apoptosis. This alteration and decreased APAF1 mRNA expression was observed in metastatic SFT.
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==Epigenomic Alterations==
==Epigenomic Alterations==
Not Applicable
==Genes and Main Pathways Involved==
==Genes and Main Pathways Involved==
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==Genetic Diagnostic Testing Methods==
==Genetic Diagnostic Testing Methods==
Ancillary studies such as immunohistochemistry and molecular tests are useful in differentiating soft tissue tumors. SFTs have historically been diagnosed by morphology and strong diffuse CD34 positivity. Additional immunohistochemical phenotype previously used for identification included expression of Bcl2, CD99, and vimentin and absence of expression of epithelial, muscle, and neural markers. However, the introduction of STAT6 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 6) immunostain now dominates due to its high sensitivity and specificity. STAT6 expression is demonstrated by nuclear staining. Molecular testing by next generation sequencing (NGS)-based mRNA sequencing is also highly useful in detecting the NAB2::STAT6 fusion. Breakapart fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probe for STAT6 can detect rearrangement of this gene. In the context of SFT, the rearrangement of the ''STAT6'' gene is highly suggestive for the presence of ''NAB2-STAT6'' fusion. [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27802414/ A dual color dual fusion probe targeting both genes would be a direct confirmation for ''NAB2-STAT6'' fusion.]
==Familial Forms==
==Familial Forms==
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==Notes==
==Notes==
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