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Am J Dermatopathol ; 45(7): 454-462, 2023 Jul 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37130203

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ABSTRACT: A definitive diagnosis of nevus or melanoma is not always possible for histologically ambiguous melanocytic neoplasms. In such cases, ancillary molecular testing can support a diagnosis of melanoma if certain chromosomal aberrations are detected. Current technologies for copy number variation (CNV) detection include chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) and fluorescence in situ hybridization. Although CMA and fluorescence in situ hybridization are effective, their utilization can be limited by cost, turnaround time, and inaccessibility outside of large reference laboratories. Droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) is a rapid, automated, and relatively inexpensive technology for CNV detection. We investigated the ability of ddPCR to quantify CNV in cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A ( CDKN2A ), the most commonly deleted tumor suppressor gene in melanoma. CMA data were used as the gold standard. We analyzed 57 skin samples from 52 patients diagnosed with benign nevi, borderline lesions, primary melanomas, and metastatic melanomas. In a training cohort comprising 29 randomly selected samples, receiver operator characteristic curve analysis revealed an optimal ddPCR cutoff value of 1.73 for calling CDKN2A loss. In a validation cohort comprising the remaining 28 samples, ddPCR detected CDKN2A loss with a sensitivity and specificity of 94% and 90%, respectively. Significantly, ddPCR could also identify whether CDKN2A losses were monoallelic or biallelic. These pilot data suggest that ddPCR can detect CDKN2A deletions in melanocytic tumors with accuracy comparable with CMA. With further validation, ddPCR could provide an additional CNV assay to aid in the diagnosis of challenging melanocytic neoplasms.


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Melanoma , Nevo de Células Epitelioides e Fusiformes , Neoplasias Cutâneas , Humanos , Variações do Número de Cópias de DNA , Genes p16 , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente/métodos , Melanoma/diagnóstico , Melanoma/genética , Melanoma/patologia , Neoplasias Cutâneas/patologia , Nevo de Células Epitelioides e Fusiformes/genética , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Inibidor p16 de Quinase Dependente de Ciclina/genética
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