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Gynecologic Manifestations of the DICER1 Syndrome.
Surgical pathology clinics - 1 Jun 2016
Stewart Colin J R, Charles Adrian, Foulkes William D
Abstract excerpt
Patients with germline DICER1 mutations are at increased risk of developing a wide range of tumors, most of which are relatively rare in the general population. In the gynecologic tract, these include ovarian sex cord-stromal tumors, particularly Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor, and embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the cervix. In some cases, these are the sentinel neoplasms. DICER1-associated tumors may have distinctive...
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