Article
Metastatic sympathetic paraganglioma in a patient with loss of the SDHC gene.
Familial cancer - 1 Dec 2015
Rich Thereasa, Jackson Michelle, Roman-Gonzalez Alejandro, Shah Komal, Cote Gilbert J, Jimenez Camilo
Abstract excerpt
Mutation of the genes encoding the succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) subunits A, B, C, or D, or the SDHAF2 protein, cause the SDHx-hereditary paraganglioma syndromes. Hereditary susceptibility to metastatic sympathetic pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas is most commonly due to germline mutations in the SDHB gene. Individuals with SDHD mutations occasionally present with metastatic disease, while conversely...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
