Composite Adrenocortical Tumor and Neuroblastoma in an Infant with a
Heterozygous TP53 Germline Mutation
Abstract
Composite malignancy of both Li Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) associated
adrenocortical tumor (ACT) and neuroblastoma (NB) is extremely rare. We
report a 10-month-old boy with a right sided abdominal mass that, after
multiple resections, noted two separate tumors. The adrenal resection
revealed characteristics notable for an ACT; the para-aortic and pelvic
lymph nodes showed poorly differentiated NB. Additional analysis
revealed a wild-type TP53 expression pattern and negative MYCN
amplification, and germline testing revealed a heterozygous TP53
germline c.818G>A, pArg273His mutation, one only associated
with separate tumors. This composite NB and ACT is thus the first
reported in the literature.