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Case Number : Case 2406 - 19 September 2019 Posted By: Iskander H. Chaudhry

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18 year old female - pigmented lesion on left arm ? dysplastic.

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We can see two types of naevus cells. One bigger, spitzoid BAP-1 negative cells, and one smaller banal type cell. These two cell components are usually BRAF mutated and area infiltrated by large amount of lymphocytes. So the diagnosis is BAP-1-inactivated melanocytic tumor. There are some familial cases in wich patients can present with multiple BAPomas, uveal melanoma and mesotheliomas.

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Comments from Dr Iskander Chaudhry:

Skin with polypoidal compound melanocytic proliferation with active lymphocytic inflammation. There is junctional component with mild architectural atypia. The dermal component comprises conventional naevus cells, and a population of larger epithelioid cells with vesicular chromatin, variably prominent nucleoli, abundant amphophilic cytoplasm and some pleomorphism. These latter cells demonstrate loss of nuclear BAP-1 staining on immunohistochemistry (see added!).

Diagnosis: Bapoma.

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BAP-oma is a recently described melanocytic tumour, characterised by a mutation in the BAP-1 gene. These tumours can occur sporadically, or as part of a syndrome. Patients with a germline mutation in BAP-1 are at increased risk of other tumours including cutaneous melanoma, uveal melanoma and mesothelioma.

 

Reference: Histomorphologic spectrum of germline-related and sporadic BAP1-inactivated melanocytic tumors. Garfield EM, Walton KE, Quan VL, VandenBoom T, Zhang B, Kong BY

 

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