A non-hemispheric transtentorial ZFTA fusion-positive ependymoma in a 6-month-old boy

Antonello Cardoni; Sabina Barresi; Eleonora Piccirilli; Viola Alesi; Evelina Miele; Isabella Giovannoni; Silvia Genovese; Giada Del Baldo; Francesca Diomedi-Camassei; Manila Antonelli; Felice Giangaspero; Chiara Puggioni; Andrea Carai; Giovanna Stefania Colafati; Angela Mastronuzzi; Marco Gessi; Rita Alaggio; Sabrina Rossi

doi:10.1111/nan.12886

A non-hemispheric transtentorial ZFTA fusion-positive ependymoma in a 6-month-old boy

Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2023 Feb;49(1):e12886. doi: 10.1111/nan.12886.

Authors

Antonello Cardoni¹, Sabina Barresi¹, Eleonora Piccirilli^{2

3}, Viola Alesi⁴, Evelina Miele⁵, Isabella Giovannoni¹, Silvia Genovese⁴, Giada Del Baldo⁵, Francesca Diomedi-Camassei¹, Manila Antonelli⁶, Felice Giangaspero^{6

7}, Chiara Puggioni¹, Andrea Carai⁸, Giovanna Stefania Colafati^{2

3}, Angela Mastronuzzi⁵, Marco Gessi⁹, Rita Alaggio¹, Sabrina Rossi¹

Affiliations

¹ Pathology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
² Imaging Department, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences (DNISC), University "Gabriele D'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
⁴ Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Translational Cytogenomics Research Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Department of Onco-Hematology, Cell Therapy, Gene Therapies and Hemopoietic Transplant, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Department of Radiology, Oncology and Anatomic Pathology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
⁷ IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy.
⁸ Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁹ Neuropathology Unit, Pathology Division Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica S. Cuore, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 36709981
DOI: 10.1111/nan.12886

No abstract available

Keywords: ZFTA-RELA fusion; infantile tumour; infratentorial tumours; midline tumours; optical genome mapping; supratentorial ependymoma ZFTA-fusion positive.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Ependymoma*
Humans
Infant
Male
Supratentorial Neoplasms*