Erin Davis Erin Davis

Presentation: Aggressive non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma

Presentation: Aggressive non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma

  • Morphological features are most compatible with Burkitt lymphoma

  • FISH testing for MYC-r was negative

  • Aventa Lymphoma testing detected cryptic IgH::MYC rearrangement missed due to design of break-apart FISH probes

  • Oncologist added CNS prophylaxis to treatment plan

Aventa Lymphoma resolved diagnosis and identified need for more aggressive treatment

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Andrea Liabotis Andrea Liabotis

Diagnosis: Cervix – Spindle cell sarcoma (Copy)

Diagnosis: Cervix – Spindle cell sarcoma

  • DNA sequencing negative for driver mutations

  • Aventa FusionPlus found an NTRK3 fusion (intronic) and an ATM fusion

  • Both missed because breakpoint not targeted by DNA-seq probes

  • Patient recurred after surgery, received entrectinib based on Aventa FusionPlus results, continues treatment after two years

Aventa FusionPlus guided targeted therapy

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Erin Davis Erin Davis

Presentation: Atypical lymphoid infiltrate

Presentation: Atypical lymphoid infiltrate

  • Pathology consistent with primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, NOS with T-follicular helper phenotype

  • Aventa Lymphoma testing detected unanticipated TRA::TCL1A rearrangement, along with an otherwise complex karyotype

  • Rearrangement prompted reconsideration of diagnosis to T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL)

  • Confirmatory TCL1A IHC and FISH studies are underway

Aventa Lymphoma changed diagnosis

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Erin Davis Erin Davis

Clinical diagnosis: Uterine smooth muscle tumor of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP)

Clinical diagnosis: Uterine smooth muscle tumor of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP)

  • Pathological diagnosis made based solely on IHC; patient received surgery followed by hormone therapy

  • Retrospective Aventa FusionPlus testing detected PRLR::PLAG1 fusion, favoring a diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma (LMS)

  • This change in diagnosis would have informed a different course of therapy – surgery followed by observation only

Aventa FusionPlus would have changed diagnosis and therapy selection

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Erin Davis Erin Davis

Presentation: Snoring evaluation finds abnormal follicular growth

Presentation: Snoring evaluation finds abnormal follicular growth

  • Cells expressed IRF4

  • IRF4 rearrangement negative via commercial FISH and DNA/RNA NGS testing

  • Aventa Lymphoma testing detected IgH::IRF4 rearrangement that was missed because one of the break-apart FISH probes used previously targeted a region deleted in this patient

  • With IRF4-driven lymphoma confirmed, patient received mild chemotherapy – an alternative diagnosis such as DLBCL or follicular lymphoma could have resulted in more aggressive treatment

  • Patient achieved complete remission

Aventa Lymphoma resolved diagnostic dilemma and informed optimal treatment

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