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Truncal location

MedGen UID:
1053528
•Concept ID:
CN377021
•
Finding
HPO: HP:6000425

Definition

Applies to an abnormality that is situated in (or predominant in) the trunk of the body. The trunk is the main part of a person's body, not including the head, legs, or arms. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVTruncal location

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Multimodality management of Merkel cell carcinoma.
Ott MJ, Tanabe KK, Gadd MA, Stark P, Smith BL, Finkelstein DM, Souba WW
Arch Surg 1999 Apr;134(4):388-92; discussion 392-3. doi: 10.1001/archsurg.134.4.388. PMID: 10199311

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Basal cell carcinoma: Epidemiological impact of clinical versus histopathological diagnosis.
Backman E, Oxelblom M, Gillstedt M, Dahlén Gyllencreutz J, Paoli J
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2023 Mar;37(3):521-527. Epub 2022 Dec 7 doi: 10.1111/jdv.18774. PMID: 36433707
Medical Immunosuppression and Outcomes in Cutaneous Melanoma: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
Bogach J, Wright FC, Austin J, Cheng SY, Diong C, Sutradhar R, Baxter NN, Look Hong NJ
Ann Surg Oncol 2021 Jun;28(6):3302-3311. Epub 2020 Oct 16 doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-09224-9. PMID: 33067747
Characteristics of multiple basal cell carcinomas: The first study on Japanese patients.
Adachi K, Yoshida Y, Noma H, Goto H, Yamamoto O
J Dermatol 2018 Oct;45(10):1187-1190. Epub 2018 Jul 23 doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.14576. PMID: 30035302
Retroperitoneal and truncal sarcomas: prognosis depends upon type not location.
Perez EA, Gutierrez JC, Moffat FL Jr, Franceschi D, Livingstone AS, Spector SA, Levi JU, Sleeman D, Koniaris LG
Ann Surg Oncol 2007 Mar;14(3):1114-22. Epub 2007 Jan 7 doi: 10.1245/s10434-006-9255-x. PMID: 17206483
Cutaneous melanomas associated with nevi.
Bevona C, Goggins W, Quinn T, Fullerton J, Tsao H
Arch Dermatol 2003 Dec;139(12):1620-4; discussion 1624. doi: 10.1001/archderm.139.12.1620. PMID: 14676081

Diagnosis

Basal cell carcinoma: Epidemiological impact of clinical versus histopathological diagnosis.
Backman E, Oxelblom M, Gillstedt M, Dahlén Gyllencreutz J, Paoli J
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2023 Mar;37(3):521-527. Epub 2022 Dec 7 doi: 10.1111/jdv.18774. PMID: 36433707
Medical Immunosuppression and Outcomes in Cutaneous Melanoma: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
Bogach J, Wright FC, Austin J, Cheng SY, Diong C, Sutradhar R, Baxter NN, Look Hong NJ
Ann Surg Oncol 2021 Jun;28(6):3302-3311. Epub 2020 Oct 16 doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-09224-9. PMID: 33067747
MRI phenotypes of localized intravascular coagulopathy in venous malformations.
Koo KS, Dowd CF, Mathes EF, Rosbe KW, Hoffman WY, Frieden IJ, Hess CP
Pediatr Radiol 2015 Oct;45(11):1690-5. Epub 2015 Jul 5 doi: 10.1007/s00247-015-3389-6. PMID: 26143286
Prognostic and clinicopathologic associations of oncogenic BRAF in metastatic melanoma.
Long GV, Menzies AM, Nagrial AM, Haydu LE, Hamilton AL, Mann GJ, Hughes TM, Thompson JF, Scolyer RA, Kefford RF
J Clin Oncol 2011 Apr 1;29(10):1239-46. Epub 2011 Feb 22 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.32.4327. PMID: 21343559
Cutaneous melanomas associated with nevi.
Bevona C, Goggins W, Quinn T, Fullerton J, Tsao H
Arch Dermatol 2003 Dec;139(12):1620-4; discussion 1624. doi: 10.1001/archderm.139.12.1620. PMID: 14676081

Therapy

Prognostic and clinicopathologic associations of oncogenic BRAF in metastatic melanoma.
Long GV, Menzies AM, Nagrial AM, Haydu LE, Hamilton AL, Mann GJ, Hughes TM, Thompson JF, Scolyer RA, Kefford RF
J Clin Oncol 2011 Apr 1;29(10):1239-46. Epub 2011 Feb 22 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.32.4327. PMID: 21343559
Risk factors for histological types and anatomic sites of cutaneous basal-cell carcinoma: an italian case-control study.
Pelucchi C, Di Landro A, Naldi L, La Vecchia C; Oncology Study Group of the Italian Group for Epidemiologic Research in Dermatology (GISED)
J Invest Dermatol 2007 Apr;127(4):935-44. Epub 2006 Oct 19 doi: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700598. PMID: 17068478

Prognosis

Characteristics of multiple basal cell carcinomas: The first study on Japanese patients.
Adachi K, Yoshida Y, Noma H, Goto H, Yamamoto O
J Dermatol 2018 Oct;45(10):1187-1190. Epub 2018 Jul 23 doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.14576. PMID: 30035302
MRI phenotypes of localized intravascular coagulopathy in venous malformations.
Koo KS, Dowd CF, Mathes EF, Rosbe KW, Hoffman WY, Frieden IJ, Hess CP
Pediatr Radiol 2015 Oct;45(11):1690-5. Epub 2015 Jul 5 doi: 10.1007/s00247-015-3389-6. PMID: 26143286
Prognostic factors in young women with cutaneous melanoma.
Burton AL, Egger ME, Quillo AR, Stromberg AJ, Hagendoorn L, Scoggins CR, Martin RC 2nd, McMasters KM, Callender GG
Am J Surg 2014 Jan;207(1):102-8. Epub 2013 Oct 25 doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.10.002. PMID: 24330977
Prognostic and clinicopathologic associations of oncogenic BRAF in metastatic melanoma.
Long GV, Menzies AM, Nagrial AM, Haydu LE, Hamilton AL, Mann GJ, Hughes TM, Thompson JF, Scolyer RA, Kefford RF
J Clin Oncol 2011 Apr 1;29(10):1239-46. Epub 2011 Feb 22 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.32.4327. PMID: 21343559
Retroperitoneal and truncal sarcomas: prognosis depends upon type not location.
Perez EA, Gutierrez JC, Moffat FL Jr, Franceschi D, Livingstone AS, Spector SA, Levi JU, Sleeman D, Koniaris LG
Ann Surg Oncol 2007 Mar;14(3):1114-22. Epub 2007 Jan 7 doi: 10.1245/s10434-006-9255-x. PMID: 17206483

Clinical prediction guides

MRI phenotypes of localized intravascular coagulopathy in venous malformations.
Koo KS, Dowd CF, Mathes EF, Rosbe KW, Hoffman WY, Frieden IJ, Hess CP
Pediatr Radiol 2015 Oct;45(11):1690-5. Epub 2015 Jul 5 doi: 10.1007/s00247-015-3389-6. PMID: 26143286
Prognostic factors in young women with cutaneous melanoma.
Burton AL, Egger ME, Quillo AR, Stromberg AJ, Hagendoorn L, Scoggins CR, Martin RC 2nd, McMasters KM, Callender GG
Am J Surg 2014 Jan;207(1):102-8. Epub 2013 Oct 25 doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.10.002. PMID: 24330977
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST): the Mayo Clinic experience.
Stucky CC, Johnson KN, Gray RJ, Pockaj BA, Ocal IT, Rose PS, Wasif N
Ann Surg Oncol 2012 Mar;19(3):878-85. Epub 2011 Aug 23 doi: 10.1245/s10434-011-1978-7. PMID: 21861229
Prognostic and clinicopathologic associations of oncogenic BRAF in metastatic melanoma.
Long GV, Menzies AM, Nagrial AM, Haydu LE, Hamilton AL, Mann GJ, Hughes TM, Thompson JF, Scolyer RA, Kefford RF
J Clin Oncol 2011 Apr 1;29(10):1239-46. Epub 2011 Feb 22 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.32.4327. PMID: 21343559
Retroperitoneal and truncal sarcomas: prognosis depends upon type not location.
Perez EA, Gutierrez JC, Moffat FL Jr, Franceschi D, Livingstone AS, Spector SA, Levi JU, Sleeman D, Koniaris LG
Ann Surg Oncol 2007 Mar;14(3):1114-22. Epub 2007 Jan 7 doi: 10.1245/s10434-006-9255-x. PMID: 17206483

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