• Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. · Apr 2009

    Case Reports

    Genetic heterogeneity of EGFR mutation in pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung: response to gefitinib and clinical outcome.

    • Atsuhito Ushiki, Tomonobu Koizumi, Nobumitsu Kobayashi, Shintarou Kanda, Masanori Yasuo, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Keishi Kubo, Daiju Aoyagi, and Jun Nakayama.
    • First Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
    • Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 2009 Apr 1; 39 (4): 267-70.

    AbstractSomatic epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations in exons 19 and 21 have been found in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and are associated with the therapeutic response to gefitinib in patients with advanced NSCLC. We report a case of pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung with different EGFR mutations. Prior to gefitinib treatment, an exon 19 deletion of EGFR mutation was positive in the specimens obtained from pleural effusion and left cervical lymph node, histologically proven to be adenocarcinoma. However, the response to gefitinib was poor and the patient died of progressive disease 4 months after the initiation of gefitinib therapy. Postmortem examination revealed the major histological component to be of the sarcomatoid or pleomorphic type with scant mixed adenocarcinoma, resulting in a histological diagnosis of pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung. Although the adenocarcinomatous tissue was still positive for exon 19 deletion of EGFR mutation alone, sarcomatous components had both the exons 19 deletion and 20 T790M mutation concomitantly, thought to be a gefitinib resistance mutation. Pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma is a rare NSCLC composed of biphasic and heterogeneous malignant cell populations. The present case suggested that expression of different EGFR mutations is related to the biphasic histological appearance in pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma.

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