AMP Case Reports in CAP Today

AMP Seeking Case Reports for Potential Publication in CAP Today

Do you have a compelling molecular case that you wish to share with a broad audience of laboratory professionals? AMP's Publications Committee is seeking submissions from all AMP subdivisions for potential publication in CAP Today. This is a great opportunity to share your expertise and be of service to AMP!

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Molecular insights into the bi-clonal presence of inversion 16 and Philadelphia chromosome in relapsed post-treatment acute myeloid leukemia	Maria Faraz, MBBS; Rupinder Brar, MD Neharika Shrestha, MD; Xin Wang, MD Kristina Mary Subik, MD	Self-Test Answers
*Large B-cell lymphoma with IRF4* rearrangement of retroperitoneal lymph node in an elderly male with concomitant high-grade B-cell lymphoma without IRF4r masquerading as a gastric ulcer**	Ejas Palathingal Bava, MD; Hira Qadir, MD; Yulei Shen, MD, PhD; Juan Gomez-Gelvez, MD Xiaolan Fang, PhD; Kedar Inamdar, MD, PhD; Wei Liu, MD, PhD; Sharmila Ghosh, MD	Self-Test Answers
Male or female? Integrated molecular and cytogenetic testing resolves discordant prenatal results	Ting Wen, MD, PhD; Daniel Reich, PhD; Jian Zhao, PhD; Denise I. Quigley, PhD; Rong Mao, MD; Katie Rudd, PhD	Self-Test Answers
Use of molecular techniques to solve a challenging case of primary cutaneous marginal zone lymphoma	Maciej Kabat, MD; Anja Jones, MD; Xiangyang Li, MS; Tatyana Feldman, MD Xiao Yang, MD; Jennifer Zepf, DO; Kar Chow, MD; Pritish Bhattacharyya, MD	Self-Test Answers
Acute myeloid leukemia with hyperdiploidy	Zeeshan Ansar, MBBS; Hareem Alam, MBBS; Muhammad Shariq, MBBS; Hasan Hayat, MBBS; Asghar Nasir, PhD Tariq Moatter, PhD	Self-Test Answers
Potential von Hippel-Lindau syndrome in a patient with negative germline testing	Patricia V. Hernandez, MD; Andrea Stacy, MS, CGC; Kevin M. Bowling, PhD; Meagan Corliss, MS, CGC; Yang Cao, PhD	Self-Test Answers
Identification of multiple germline cancer predisposing gene variants in a single patient during tumor sequencing analysis	Narek Israelyan, MD, MS; Dylane Wineland, MS, LCGC; Salvatore F. Priore, MD, PhD; Jacquelyn J. Roth, PhD	Self-Test Answers
Lung micropapillary adenocarcinomas revisited: A tale of antithesis with yearslong accumulative genetic alterations	Ejas Palathingal Bava, MD; Zhiqiang B. Wang, MD, PhD	Self-Test Answers
Small intragenic structural variants in SATB2-associated syndrome	Zita Hubler, MD, PhD; Catherine Gooch, MD; Erin Hediger, CGC; Yang Cao, PhD	Self-Test Answers
A germline GATA2 c.121C>G (p.P41A) variant in a patient with an unusual acute promyelocytic leukemia	Julia An, MD; Debra Saxe, PhD; Jaime Vengoechea, MD; Shiyong Li, MD, PhD	Self-Test Answers
ETV6/FLT3 fusion gene detected in a patient with T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma	Khadija Belhassan, MD; Abdulrahman Saadalla, MB, Bch; Nicole L. Hoppman, PhD; Yi-Shan Lee, MD, PhD; Camille N. Abboud, MD; Matt Webley, CG(ASCP); Sarah Koon, CG(ASCP); Julie Neidich, MD; Yang Cao, PhD	Self-Test Answers
A case of a rare myeloid neoplasm presenting with features mimicking primary myelofibrosis	Neha Gupta, MD; Selina Luger, MD; Dale M. Frank, MD; Jacquelyn J. Roth, PhD; Salvatore F. Priore, MD, PhD	Self-Test Answers
Rhinoscleroma in Southern California— diagnosis made by multidisciplinary investigation	Edwin Kamau, PhD; Tara Narasumhalu, MD; Omai Garner, PhD; Abie H. Mendelsohn, MD; Jeffrey D. Goldstein, MD; Shangxin Yang, PhD	Self-Test Answers
Identification of encephalomyocarditis virus using metagenomic NGS in a patient with acute febrile illness	Gabriel Yan, MBBS; Chun Kiat Lee, MSc; Shaun Tan, MBBS; Stephen Chew, MBBS; Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, MBBS; Benedict Yan, MBBS	Self-Test Answers
A patient with an unexpected cancer predisposition syndrome—somatic tumor mutation testing and germline mutation testing complement each other	Blair Barnes, MD; Faith Young, MD; Kristin Mattie, MS; Kathryn Zarnawski, MGC; Tina Bocker Edmonston, MD	Self-Test Answers
Celiac genetic health risk screening by NGS in the family of a child with clinical findings of dermatitis herpetiformis and gluten sensitivity	Shelly Gunn, MD, PhD; Mathew W. Moore, PhD; Philip D. Cotter, PhD	Self-Test Answers
MYC amplification identified in an EML4-ALK-positive lung adenocarcinoma with primary resistance to targeted therapy	Guang Yang, MD, PhD; Michelle Dolan, MD; Haixia Qin, MD, PhD; Manish R. Patel, DO; Sophia Yohe, MD; Andrew C. Nelson, MD, PhD	Self-Test Answers
*Adult B-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-like*	Audra Kerwin, MD; Devon Chabot-Richards, MD; Laura Toth, DO, MPH	Self-Test Answers
A CLL/SLL case with distinctive molecular and cytogenetic changes during different stages of disease progression	Jing Xu, MD, PhD; Guanglu Shi, PhD; Ozlem Kulak, MD, PhD; Weina Chen, MD, PhD; Prasad Koduru, PhD; Jeffrey Gagan, MD, PhD	Self-Test Answers
18-month-old female with poorly differentiated cerebellar tumor harboring BCOR internal tandem duplication	Laurel M. Bowen, MD; Eugenio Taboada, MD; Linda D. Cooley, MD, MBA; Alan S. Gamis, MD, MPH; Midhat S. Farooqi, MD, PhD	Self-Test Answers
A vanishing twin as an explanation for discordant fetal sex results with NIPS and ultrasound	Lisa M. Blazejewski, MS; Neng Chen, PhD; Ke Zhang, PhD; Franklin Quan, PhD	Self-Test Answers
Role of lymphoma sequencing panel in diagnosis of pediatric-type follicular lymphoma	Guang Yang, MD, PhD; Gabriel C. Caponetti, MD; Jacquelyn J. Roth, PhD; Kojo S. Elenitoba-Johnson, MD; Megan S. Lim, MD, PhD	Self-Test Answers
TET2TET—reconciling conflicting genomic reports	Loren Joseph, MD; Derek Jones, MD	Self-Test Answers
Culture-negative endocarditis due to Tropheryma whipplei	Catherine M. Stefaniuk, DO; Daniel D. Rhoads, MD; Michael R. Jacobs, MB BCh, PhD	Self-Test Answers
Burkitt-like lymphoma with 11q aberration	Jing Xu, MD, PhD; Abdullah Alsuwaidan, MD; Mingyi Chen, MD, PhD	Self-Test Answers
Unexpected diagnosis of indolent systemic mastocytosis through evaluation of next generation sequencing data	Karen A. Moser, MD; Tracy I. George, MD; Kristin H. Karner, MD	Self-Test Answers
CCND1/IGH fusion amplification in a case of plasma cell myeloma	Matthew R. Avenarius, PhD; Lynne V. Abruzzo, MD, PhD	Self-Test Answers
NGS as the Tiebreaker in Tumors with Similar Morphology and Equivocal Immunophenotype	Kiavash Garakani MS, Patrick Devine MD, PhD, Roberto Ruiz-Cordero MD	Self-Test Answers
Advantages of SNP chromosomal microarray over conventional FISH and DNA tests for methylation-specific PCR-positive Prader-Willi syndrome	Jie Xu, PhD; Ilka Warshawsky, MD, PhD; Sam Dougaparsad, PhD; Catherine Melver, MD; Carrie Costin, MD	Self-Test Answers
Frameshift and in-frame CALR exon 9 genetic alterations detected in a post-ET myelofibrosis patient before and after stem cell transplantation	Guang Yang, MD, PhD; David S. Viswanatha, MD; Rong He, MD	Self-Test Answers
Identification of a single exon deletion using NGS in a patient with Perlman syndrome	Jinhua Wu, PhD; Jeffrey Schubert, PhD; Xiaonan Zhao, PhD; Elizabeth Fanning, MS; Zhiqian Fa, MS; Lisa Sutton, MD; Marilyn M. Li, MD	Self-Test Answers
*Use of MYD88* sequencing to confirm diagnosis of PIOL in a case with limited sample availability**	Rachel Su Jen Wong, MBBS; Anand Jeyas-ekharan, MBBS; Xinyi Su, MBB Chir, PhD, MMEd; Kok Siong Poon, MSc; Soo Yong Tan, MBBS, DMJ, DPhil; Gopal Lingam, MBBS, MS; Benedict Yan, MBBS	Self-Test Answers
Next Generation Sequencing of a Rare Metastatic Bladder Adenocarcinoma	Erica Vormittag-Nocito, MD; Tibor Valyi-Nagy, MD, PhD; Gayatry Mohapatra, PhD	Self-Test Answers
Coexisting somatic JAK2 V617F pathogenic variant and likely germline calreticulin exon 9 nonpathogenic variant in a patient with newly diagnosed ET	Kristle Haberichter, DO Ann Marie Blenc, MD Anne Prada, MB(ASCP) Bobby L. Boyanton Jr., MD	Self-Test Answers
Response to second-line osimertinib in primary EGFR p.T790M mutation	Sewanti Limaye, MBBS, MD, MS; Madhavi Pusalkar, PhD; Foram Kothari, MBBS; Meenal Hastak, MBBS, MD; Varsha Vadera, MBBS, MD; Rajesh Mistry, MBBS, MS; Jaya Vyas, PhD	Self-Test Answers
Acute promyelocytic leukemia with cryptic t(15;17) identified by RT-PCR	Brittany Coffman, MD Brian Menkhaus, MD Devon Chabot-Richards, MD	Self-Test Answers
FDA-approved DNA blood test for colorectal cancer prompts patient to undergo colonoscopy	Nicholas Potter, PhD; Faisal Bhinder, MD; Jeffrey Cossman, MD	Self-Test Answers
Diagnostic pitfalls of testing rare molecular aberrations in lung adenocarcinomas	Salvatore F. Priore, MD, PhD; Jason N. Rosenbaum, MD; Jacquelyn J. Roth, PhD	Self-Test Answers
Identification by NGS of a diagnostic and theranostic mutation in a high-grade sarcoma of the humerus	Roberto Ruiz-Cordero, MD; Jeanne M. Meis, MD; Russell R. Broaddus, MD, PhD	Self-Test Answers
Discordant IHC/PCR test results for mismatch repair status in colorectal adenocarcinoma	Jenna McCracken, MD, PhD; Jadee Neff, MD, PhD	Self-Test Answers
Detection of concurrent hematologic malignancies in solid tumor NGS testing may cause false positive results	Jordan Baum, MD; Rebecca Marrero, MD; Alain Borczuk, MD; Hanna Rennert, PhD	Self-Test Answers
NGS in the diagnosis of RASopathies in histologically uniformative skin biopsy samples	Shiva Khoobyari, MD, Eric Q. Konnick, MD,	Self-Test Answers
Detection of rare deletion mutation in the alpha-globin gene locus establishes a diagnosis of Hb H disease	Neng Chen, PhD, DABMGG Cathi Rubin Franklin, MS, LCGC, DABMGG Franklin Quan, PhD, DABMGG	Self-Test Answers
Follicular lymphoma of gallbladder	Thomas Shi, MD; Mohammad Alomari, MD; Ping Yang, PhD; Bekim Sadikovic, PhD; Nikhil Sangle, MD; Christopher J. Howlett, MD, PhD	Self-Test Answers
*Primary pulmonary adenocarcinoma with an unusual molecular profile of the EGFR* gene at initial presentation**	Hasan Khatib, MD; Franklin Moore, MD, PhD	Self-Test Answers
NGS panel aids in diagnosis of rare collision tumor	Jonas Heymann, MD Antonia Sepulveda, MD, PhD	Self-Test Answers
An unusual BRAF mutation in a patient with melanoma	Thomas McDonald, MD, MSc Frank Kuo, MD, PhD	Self-Test Answers
Isolated hepatic neuroendocrine tumor expressing albumin mRNA and arginase-1	Michael A. Nalesnik, MD Aatur D. Singhi, MD, PhD	Self-Test Answers
Detection of cnLOH as a sole abnormality in the diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome	Christine Gronseth, CG(ASCP)^CM Scott McElhone, MB(ASCP)^CM Bart Scott, MD Cecilia Yeung, MD Min Fang, MD, PhD	Self-Test Answers
Laser Capture Microdissection: Vanishing roles in tissue microdissection revalued in salvaging a melanoma with micrometastasis for BRAF V600E mutation detection	Rohit Sharma, MD Zhiqiang Wang, MD, PhD	Self-Test Answers
*ALK-negative anaplastic large T-cell lymphoma with a complex karyotype and DUSP22* gene rearrangement**	Kristle Haberichter, DO Domnita Crisan, MD, PhD Mark A. Micale, PhD	Self-Test Answers
A new case of severe hemophilia and Moyamoya (SHAM) syndrome	Colleen G. Bilancia, PhD Hemant Varma, MD Vimla Aggarwal, MBBS	Take the Self-Test
A rare case of Diamond Blackfan anemia: Identifying the causative mutation using NGS	Mythily Ganapathi, PhD Matthew Thomsen, MPH Sarah Vossoughi, MD Murty Vundavalli, PhD Govind Bhagat, MBBS Mahesh Mansukhani, MD Vimla S. Aggarwal, MBBS	Take the Self-Test
SSI8-SSX2 fusion transcript in the diagnosis of a poorly differentiated synovial sarcoma	Erik R. Washburn, MD Elizabeth E. Frauenhoffer, MD Rina Kansal, MD	Take the Self-Test
Metastatic cancer of unknown primary: diagnostic challenges	Erica Schramm William Kocher, MD Tina Bocker Edmonston, MD	Take the Self-Test
Multiplex PCR test for detection of enteropathogens in an infant	Donald Lazas, MD Leslie C. Ber, MD Elena Grigorenko, PhD Don Stalons, PhD	Take the Self-Test
Value of targeted NGS in a diagnostically challenging case of CMML	Matthew Geller, DO Elie Traer, MD, PhD Jennifer Dunlap, MD	Take the Self-Test
Coexisting germline mutations in APC and BRCA2 in a patient with colon cancer	Tsetan Dolkar, MD Jennifer Zikria, MD Stuart Bussell, MD Shannon Morrill-Cornelius, MS, CGC Rina Siddiqui, MD	Take the Self-Test
Colorectal carcinoma with germline MLH1 promoter hypermethylation	Daniel Bustamante, MD Devon Chabot-Richards, MD	Take the Self-Test
Molecular techniques in a case of concurrent BCR-ABL1-positive chronic CML and CMML	Shalini Verma, MD Alessandra Ferrajoli, MD Sa Wang, MD Lynne V. Abruzzo, MD, PhD Rachel L. Sargent, MD	Take the Self-Test
Application of molecular techniques to confirm donor-derived post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder	Gordana L. Katava, DO Michele Donato, MD Tao Hong, PhD Ciaran Mannion, MD Pritish K. Bhattacharyya, MD	Take the Self-Test
Molecular assays in HIV-1 Dx and therapeutic monitoring	Elizabeth M. Azzato, MD, PhD, MPH Paul H. Edelstein, MD Christopher D. Watt, MD, PhD	Take the Self-Test
NaCGH as a diagnostic aid in a childhood Spitzoid melanoma	Richard Danialan, DO Arun Gopinath, MD Michael Murphy, MD Christine Rader, MD Andrew Ricci Jr., MD Jonathan Earle, MD Zendee Elaba, MD	Take the Self-Test
Importance of screening for Lynch syndrome in patients with EC	Erik G. Jenson, MD Gregory J. Tsongalis, PhD Laura J. Tafe, MD	Take the Self-Test
Multilocus sequencing for rapid identification of molds	Desiree Marshall, MD Dhruba J. SenGupta, PhD Daniel R. Hoogestraat, MB(ASCP) Karen Stephens, PhD Brad T. Cookson, MD, PhD Cecilia C.S. Yeung, MD	Take the Self-Test

AMP Case Reports in CAP Today

Frameshift and in-frame CALR exon 9 genetic alterations detected in a post-ET myelofibrosis patient before and after stem cell transplantation

Identification of a single exon deletion using NGS in a patient with Perlman syndrome

**Use of MYD88 sequencing to confirm diagnosis of PIOL in a case with limited sample availability**

Next Generation Sequencing of a Rare Metastatic Bladder Adenocarcinoma

Coexisting somatic JAK2 V617F pathogenic variant and likely germline calreticulin exon 9 nonpathogenic variant in a patient with newly diagnosed ET

Response to second-line osimertinib in primary EGFR p.T790M mutation

Acute promyelocytic leukemia with
cryptic t(15;17) identified by RT-PCR

FDA-approved DNA blood test for colorectal
cancer prompts patient to undergo colonoscopy

Diagnostic pitfalls of testing rare molecular aberrations in lung adenocarcinomas

Identification by NGS of a diagnostic and theranostic mutation in a high-grade sarcoma of the humerus

Discordant IHC/PCR test results for mismatch repair status in colorectal adenocarcinoma

Detection of concurrent hematologic malignancies in solid tumor NGS testing may cause false positive results

NGS in the diagnosis of RASopathies in histologically uniformative skin biopsy samples

Detection of rare deletion mutation in the alpha-globin gene locus establishes a diagnosis of Hb H disease

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