- Grewal, Jasleen K;
- Eirew, Peter;
- Jones, Martin;
- Chiu, Kenrry;
- Tessier-Cloutier, Basile;
- Karnezis, Anthony N;
- Karsan, Aly;
- Mungall, Andy;
- Zhou, Chen;
- Yip, Stephen;
- Tinker, Anna V;
- Laskin, Janessa;
- Marra, Marco;
- Jones, Steven JM
Whole-genome and transcriptome sequencing were performed to identify potential therapeutic strategies in the absence of viable treatment options for a patient initially diagnosed with vulvar adenocarcinoma. Genomic events were prioritized by comparison against variant distributions in the TCGA pan-cancer data set and complemented with detailed transcriptome sequencing and copy-number analysis. These findings were considered against published scientific literature in order to evaluate the functional effects of potentially relevant genomic events. Analysis of the transcriptome against a background of 27 TCGA cancer types led to reclassification of the tumor as a primary HER2+ mammary-like adenocarcinoma of the vulva. This revised diagnosis was subsequently confirmed by follow-up immunohistochemistry for a mammary-like adenocarcinoma. The patient was treated with chemotherapy and targeted therapies for HER2+ breast cancer. The detailed pathology and genomic findings of this case are presented herein.