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Gorlin syndrome and desmoplastic medulloblastoma: Report of 3 cases with unfavorable clinical course and novel mutations.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Oct 2015
Gururangan Sridharan, Robinson Giles, Ellison David W, Wu Gang, He Xuelian, Lu Q Richard, McLendon Roger, Grant Gerald, Driscoll Timothy, Neuberg Ronnie
Abstract excerpt
We present three cases of genetically confirmed Gorlin syndrome with desmoplastic medulloblastoma (DMB) in whom tumor recurred despite standard therapy. One patient was found to have a novel germline missense PTCH1 mutation. Molecular analysis of recurrent tumor using fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) revealed PTEN and/ or PTCH1 loss in 2 patients. Whole exome sequencing (WES) of tumor in one patient...
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