Three female familial cases of solid pseudopapillary tumors with a protease serine 1 gene mutation

Pancreas. 2013 Jan;42(1):168-73. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e3182554276.

Abstract

Solid pseudopapillary tumors (SPTs) are a rare pancreatic neoplastic lesion. Familial aggregation has not been reported in this disease. The objectives of this study were to report the history, clinicopathological features, and gene mutations of 3 familial cases of SPT. Three female cases of SPT presented in 1 family. Eight family relatives, 5 healthy volunteers, and 8 patients with SPT acted as controls. Histological examination and immunohistochemistry were performed on the surgical tumor specimens. Polymerase chain reaction-single-strand conformation polymorphism and gene sequencing were performed on genomic DNA extracted from blood. All 3 patients underwent surgical treatment, 2 patients died (3 months and 5 months after surgery), whereas neither recurrence nor metastasis was observed in the other patient during 2-year follow-up. The tumors from the 3 cases had identical immunoreactivity to a series of molecular markers. A Leu104Val mutation of protease serine 1 (PRSS1) was observed in the familial patients and 2 healthy male family members; no β-catenin or adenomatous polyposis coli mutations were detected in the familial cases. This study indicates the possibility of genetic involvement in the pathogenesis of SPT. Family history may be a positive predictive factor for malignancy in SPT.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • DNA Mutational Analysis / methods
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mutation*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / enzymology
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Pedigree
  • Phenotype
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Trypsin / genetics*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • PRSS1 protein, human
  • Trypsin