2024
Uterine teratoma and the role of short-tandem repeat genotyping in understanding origins
AlAshqar A, Maruthi V, Abi-Raad R, Greenman M, Hui P, Ratner E, Altwerger G, Santin A, Andikyan V. Uterine teratoma and the role of short-tandem repeat genotyping in understanding origins. Gynecologic Oncology Reports 2024, 56: 101652. DOI: 10.1016/j.gore.2024.101652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUterine teratomaPluripotent stem cellsMolecular testingRare tumorLimitations of diagnostic imagingHistory of vaginal bleedingShort tandem repeat genotypingStem cellsAdvanced molecular testingRepeat genotypingFallopian tube tissueGerm cell layersLoss of heterozygosityFour-week historyVaginal bleedingSurgical resectionOvarian counterpartRare entityUterine massPrimiparous womenEndometrial samplesFetal tissuesTeratomaPresence of tissueDiploid karyotype
2020
Lack of genetic homozygosity in prepubertal teratomas: divergent pathogenesis distinct from that of teratomas in adolescents
Snir OL, DeJoseph M, Wu X, Rottmann D, Wong S, Buza N, Hui P. Lack of genetic homozygosity in prepubertal teratomas: divergent pathogenesis distinct from that of teratomas in adolescents. Laboratory Investigation 2020, 100: 1447-1454. PMID: 32694569, DOI: 10.1038/s41374-020-0468-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian teratomaPatient ageImmature teratomaTesticular teratomaMature teratomaSacrococcygeal teratomaMixed germ cell tumorGerm cell tumorsMature ovarian teratomaChildren 18 yearsDivergent pathogenesisGenetic zygosityPrepubertal teratomasCell tumorsGonadal teratomaTeratomaGenetic homozygosityNormal tissuesPatientsGerm cell developmentSacrococcygealAgeCell developmentDepartmental archivesGerm cells
2017
Low-Grade Astrocytoma within a Mature Cystic Teratoma in an Adolescent Patient
Yoder N, Marks A, Hui P, Litkouhi B, Cron J. Low-Grade Astrocytoma within a Mature Cystic Teratoma in an Adolescent Patient. Journal Of Pediatric And Adolescent Gynecology 2017, 31: 325-327. PMID: 29107097, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2017.10.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMature cystic teratomaCystic teratomaLow-grade astrocytomasAdolescent patientsMalignant transformationAsymptomatic ovarian cystsCommon ovarian neoplasmsLarger tumor sizeGynecologic tractSubsequent cystectomyPostmenopausal statusFinal pathologyOvarian neoplasmsOvarian cystsTumor sizeRisk factorsGlial tissueGrade astrocytomasAntigen 125Mouse modelSolid tumorsPatientsAstrocytomasTeratomaTrisomy 20Frequent homozygosity in both mature and immature ovarian teratomas: a shared genetic basis of tumorigenesis
Snir OL, DeJoseph M, Wong S, Buza N, Hui P. Frequent homozygosity in both mature and immature ovarian teratomas: a shared genetic basis of tumorigenesis. Modern Pathology 2017, 30: 1467-1475. PMID: 28664933, DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2017.66.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMixed germ cell tumorGerm cell tumorsPure immature teratomaImmature teratomaCell tumorsMature teratomaGenetic zygosityMixed ovarian germ cell tumorOvarian germ cell tumorsOvarian immature teratomaImmature ovarian teratomaDifferent pathogenetic pathwaysMature cystic teratomaImmature teratoma componentsDifferent biological behaviorTeratoma componentsRate of homozygosityCystic teratomaOvarian teratomaTumor recurrenceCommon cellular originPathogenetic pathwaysGrade 2TumorsTeratoma
2016
Mucinous epithelial tumours arising from ovarian mature teratomas: a tissue genotyping study
Snir OL, Buza N, Hui P. Mucinous epithelial tumours arising from ovarian mature teratomas: a tissue genotyping study. Histopathology 2016, 69: 383-392. PMID: 26952875, DOI: 10.1111/his.12959.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian mucinous tumorsMucinous borderline tumorsMucinous tumorsBorderline tumorsMucinous carcinomaAssociated teratomaPrimary ovarian mucinous tumorsOvarian mucinous borderline tumorMucinous epithelial tumorsOvarian mature teratomaGerm cell originShort tandem repeat polymorphic lociTissue genotypingMetastatic tumorsMature teratomaEpithelial tumorsTeratomatous componentsTumor originDiagnostic utilityMetastatic onesCell originTumorsTeratomaSomatic cellsPolymorphic loci