Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Is a Sensitive Tool for Differential Diagnosis of Myelodysplastic Syndromes in Bone Marrow Trephines

Publication date: Available online 19 February 2018 Source:The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics Author(s): Andreas Bräuninger, Wolfgang Blau, Kristin Kunze, Ann-Kathrin Desch, Alexander Brobeil, Mehmet Kemal Tur, Benjamin Etschmann, Ulrich Günther, Dieter Körholz, Georg Schliesser, Andreas Käbisch, Michael Kiehl, Mathias Rummel, Stefan Gattenlöhner Myelodysplastic syndromes are hematological neoplasias in which immunohistological examination of bone-marrow trephines is important for a definite diagnosis. Unequivocal distinction from reactive bone-marrow changes is, however, sometimes difficult. As neoplastic clones in myelodysplastic syndrome carry mutations in recurrent genes, mutation detection by targeted next-generation sequencing may be a useful support for differential diagnosis. To elucidate the accuracy of this approach in the clinical diagnostic setting, we analyzed single and consecutive bone-marrow trephines processed for immunohistological examination from 145 patients by targeted next-generation sequencing of 12 genes recurrently mutated in myelodysplastic syndromes. Of 110 patients with immunohistological unequivocal diagnosis, 41 of 47 with myelodysplastic syndrome carried mutations. In 14 consecutive samples available from these patients, remissions were accompanied by loss of mutations and ongoing disease with persisting mutations. Of 35 samples with indefinite immunohistological appearance, 22 developed clinical unequivocal myelodysplast...

Source: The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics - February 20, 2018 Category: Pathology Source Type: research