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Metastatic medulloblastoma in an adolescent with Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Oct 2012
Thomas Martha, Enciso Victoria, Stratton Robert, Shah Shafqat, Winder Thomas, Tayeh Marwan, Roeder Elizabeth
Abstract excerpt
We describe the case of a 12-year-old Hispanic male with a clinical and molecular diagnosis of Simpson-Golabi-Behmel Syndrome (SGBS) who subsequently developed metastatic medulloblastoma. While individuals with SGBS have been documented to have increased risk for intra-abdominal tumors such as Wilms tumor and neuroblastoma, medulloblastomas, or CNS tumors in general, have not been reported in patients with this...
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