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Multiple giant cell lesions in a patient with Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Aug 2016
van den Berg Henk, Schreuder Willem Hans, Jongmans Marjolijn, van Bommel-Slee Danielle, Witsenburg Bart, de Lange Jan
Abstract excerpt
A patient with Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines (NSML) and multiple giant cell lesions (MGCL) in mandibles and maxillae is described. A mutation p.Thr468Met in the PTPN11-gene was found. This is the second reported NSML patient with MGCL. Our case adds to the assumption that, despite a different molecular pathogenesis and effect on the RAS/MEK pathway, NSML shares the development of MGCL, with other...
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