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SDHB-associated renal oncocytoma suggests a broadening of the renal phenotype in hereditary paragangliomatosis.
Familial cancer - 1 Jan 2009
Henderson Alex, Douglas F, Perros P, Morgan C, Maher E R
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in SDHB are one of the causes of hereditary paraganglioma syndrome. Germline mutations in SDHB predispose to the development of head and neck paragangliomas and phaeochromocytomas. Renal tumours are also increasingly being reported as component tumours in hereditary paragangliomatosis associated with mutations in SDHB. We present the first reported case of a family in whom an individual shown to carry a...
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