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<i>SDHC</i> mutation in an elderly patient without familial antecedents
4 Aug 2008
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Head and neck paragangliomas are usually asymptomatic and benign tumours arising mainly from the carotid body and the vagal, tympanic or jugular glomus. The majority of patients develop sporadic masses, and around 30% of cases harbour germline mutations in one of the succinate dehydrogenase genes: SDHB, SDHC or SDHD. In these hereditary cases, the presence of familial antecedents of the disease,...
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