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Table 1 Reported cases of primary CCS of bone (n = 13)

From: Primary clear cell sarcoma of the femur: a unique case with RT-PCR and direct sequencing confirmation of EWSR1/ATF1 fusion gene

Author

Age/Sex

Location

General screening for primary lesion including melanoma

Immunohistochemistry

Genetic analysis

Treatment

Follow up

Yokoyama et al. [3]

33/F

Right ulna

Various radiograph

Positive: S-100, HMB-45, vimentin

Negative: desmin, keratin

Not performed

Neoadjuvant: Ifosfamide, cisplatin and doxorubicin

Wide margin resection

Adjuvant: cisplatin and doxorubicin

CDF, 65 months after surgery

Brekke et al. [4]

62/F

Right first metatarsal

99mTc MDP bone scan

Positive: S-100 protein, vimentin

Negative: HMB-45, cytokeratin (AE1/AE2)

Not described

Syme’s amputation

CDF, 15 months after surgery

Gelczer et al. [5]

18/M

Left ninth rib

CT, 99mTc MDP bone scan, bone marrow aspirate

Positive: S-100 protein, HMB-45

Not described

Neoadjuvant: Performed but details were not described

Wide resection

Adjuvant: doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine

CDF, 55 months after treatment

Inaoka et al. [6]

55/M

Right radius

CT, skin checked by dermatologist, ophthalmofundoscopy, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, Bone scintigraphy with 99mTc-HMDP

Positive:S-100 protein, HMB-45, vimentin

Negative (method not described)

Neoadjuvant: cisplatin and doxorubicin

Total tumor resection

CDF, 18 months after primary surgery

Choi et al. [7]

48/F

Right first metatarsal

CT, whole body radioisotope scan

Positive: S-100, HMB-45

Negative: cytokeratin, epithelial membrane antigen

Not performed

Below-knee amputation of the right leg

DOD, 20 months after surgery

Hersekli et al. [8]

28/F

Left ninth rib

CT, skin checked by dermatologist, Bone scintigraphy with 99mTc-HMDP and 67Ga

Positive:S-100 protein, HMB-45

FISH: negative

Total tumor resection

adjunctive radiotherapy of 500 cGy

CDF, 33 months

Kazakos et al. [9]

61/M

Left scapula

Bone scanning, CT

Positive: S-100, HMB-45, NSE, EMA, cytokeratin, myosin

Not described

Wide resection

Adjuvant: ifosfamide, vincristine and epirubicin

DOD, 15 months after adjuvant chemotherapy

Rocco et al. [10]

53/M

sternum

CT, PET, bone scans

Positive: S-100, TFE3

Negative: HMB-45, MART1, cytokeratins, epithelial membrane antigen, renal cell carcinoma, CD10, chromogranins, synaptophysin, inhibin, calretinin

FISH: positive

Wide resection

Not described

Zhang et al. [11]

25/M

sacrum

CT, MRI (thorax and abdomen), Bone scintigraphy with 99mTc-HMDP, skin, oral, anal and fundus oculi checked

Positive: S-100, HMB-45, Melan-A

Negative: EMA, CD117, CD34, MSA, GFAP, PGM-1, RCC, MIB-1, AE1/AE3, CEA, Des, and HBME-1

FISH: positive

Curettage and debridement

AWD, 9 months after surgery

Liu et al. [12]

20/F

Proximal right humerus

Bone scintigraphy with 99mTc-HMDP

Positive: S-100, HMB-45

FISH: negative

Neoadjuvant: cisplatin and doxorubicin

Total tumor excision-alcoholization-replantation, internal fixation and bone cement implantation

Adjuvant: cisplatin, doxorubicin and

methotrexate

CDF, 1 year after treatment

Nakayama et al. [13]

81/M

Left pubic bone

CT, PET/CT, Bone scintigraphy with 99mTc-HMDP, 67Ga-citrare scintigraphy, skin checked by dermatologist

Positive: S-100, HMB-45, Melan-A

Negative: cytokeratin, epithelial membrane antigen

FISH: negative,

direct sequencing BRAF mutation: negative

Dimethyl triazeno imidazole carboxamide, 1-[4-amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinyl]-methyl-3-[2-chloroethyl]-3-nitrosourea hydrochloride and vincristin, radiotherapy

DOD

Licata et al. [14]

42/M

Left third metatarsus

Bone scan

Positive: S-100, HMB-45, Melan-A

Negative: cytokeratin, epithelial membrane antigen

Not described

transtibial amputation

Not described

Xu et al. [15]

61/M

Right calcaneus

Bone scintigraphy with 99mTc-HMDP

Positive: S-100, vimentin, melanA

Negative: HMB45, NSE, SMA, desmin, CD117, CD99, cytokeratin

Positive (method not described)

Below-knee amputation

CDF, at the 6 months follow-up

Kubota et al. (The present study)

36/M

Left Femur

skin checked by dermatologist, Whole-body CT, PET/CT, MRI (femur, upper limb, spine)

Positive: S-100, HMB-45, melanA, vimentin, Sox10, INI-1, EMA, CD99, TLE-1, Ki67

Negative: AE1/AE3, CD34, CD56, LCA, WT-1, BRAF v600e, H3.3G34, Fli-1, ERG, NKX2.2

RT-PCR, direct sequence of transcripts and found EWSR1-exon 8 forward and ATF1-exon 4 reverse (type 1)

Wide margin resection and distal femoral replacement using cemented rotating hinge prosthesis

CDF, 9 months after surgery

  1. CT Computed tomography, PET Positron emission tomography, MRI Magnetic resonance imaging, F Female, M Male, 99mTc MDP Tc-99m-methylene diphosphonate, CDF Continuous disease free, DOD Died of disease, AWD Alive with disease, RT-PCR Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, FISH Fluorescent in-situ hybridization