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A shower of second hit events as the cause of multifocal renal cell carcinoma in tuberous sclerosis complex.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Apr 2015
Tyburczy Magdalena E, Jozwiak Sergiusz, Malinowska Izabela A, Chekaluk Yvonne, Pugh Trevor J, Wu Chin-Lee, Nussbaum Robert L, Seepo Sara, Dzik Tomasz, Kotulska Katarzyna, Kwiatkowski David J
Abstract excerpt
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a genetic disorder characterized by seizures and tumor formation in multiple organs, mainly in the brain, skin, kidney, lung and heart. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) occurs in ∼3% of TSC patients, and typically develops at age <50. Here we describe genetic findings in two TSC patients with multiple renal tumors, each of whom had the germline mutation TSC2 p.R905Q. The first...
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