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Novel association of familial testicular germ cell tumor and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease with PKD1 mutation.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Jan 2017
Truscott Laurel, Gell Joanna, Chang Vivian Y, Lee Hane, Strom Samuel P, Pillai Rex, Sisk Anthony, Martinez-Agosto Julian A, Anderson Martin, Federman Noah
Abstract excerpt
Adolescent brothers were diagnosed with testicular germ cell tumors within the same month. Both were found to have multiple renal cysts on pretreatment imaging done for staging. The proband, his brother, and their mother, were all found to have a novel splice variant in intron 8 of the PKD1 gene by clinical exome sequencing. This is the second family reported with both familial testicular germ cell tumor (FTGCT)...
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