Clinico-Pathological and Clinical Outcomes of Soft Tissue Sarcoma With FUS-TFCP2 or EWSR1-TFCP2 Fusions: A Case Series From North India

Tumours with FUS-TFCP2 or EWSR1-TFCP2 mutations are classified under rhabdomyosarcomas at present. These tumours are exceedingly rare and on pathology show spindled to epitheloid cells, with a predisposition for gnathic bone involvement, with an aggressive outcome. We hereby present a total of four patients harbouring a FUS-EWSR1 TFCP2 mutation recruited over a period of 2.5 years. All four reported cases are males with median age of 26.5 years (range 22-37 years). Primary site in all four cases was bone, with three being of head and neck origin and one with a primary in femur. Three of our patients were misdiagnosed outside. All of our patients received chemotherapy at some point and three out of four cases received radiation with a good response (two patients with palliative doses of radiation also responded well). All four patients are alive at follow-up, two on treatment for metastatic disease. This is the first Indian case series reporting the clinicopathological details in patients with TFCP2 mutations.

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2025-12-05
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Clinico-Pathological and Clinical Outcomes of Soft Tissue Sarcoma With FUS-TFCP2 or EWSR1-TFCP2 Fusions: A Case Series From North India

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Clinico-Pathological and Clinical Outcomes of Soft Tissue Sarcoma With FUS-TFCP2 or EWSR1-TFCP2 Fusions: A Case Series From North India

Sunil Pasricha, Yamini Dharmashaktu, Sameer Rastogi, Kiran Agarwal, Aditi Aggarwal
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Tumours with FUS-TFCP2 or EWSR1-TFCP2 mutations are classified under rhabdomyosarcomas at present. These tumours are exceedingly rare and on pathology show spindled to epitheloid cells, with a predisposition for gnathic bone involvement, with an aggressive outcome. We hereby present a total of four patients harbouring a FUS-EWSR1 TFCP2 mutation recruited over a period of 2.5 years. All four reported cases are males with median age of 26.5 years (range 22-37 years). Primary site in all four cases was bone, with three being of head and neck origin and one with a primary in femur. Three of our patients were misdiagnosed outside. All of our patients received chemotherapy at some point and three out of four cases received radiation with a good response (two patients with palliative doses of radiation also responded well). All four patients are alive at follow-up, two on treatment for metastatic disease. This is the first Indian case series reporting the clinicopathological details in patients with TFCP2 mutations.

CureusVol. 17(12)
Max Super Speciality Hospital (IN), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Openalex Percentile: Top 43%
Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
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