Article
Somatic PIK3CA mutations in seven patients with PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Apr 2017
Yeung Kit San, Ip Janice Jing Kun, Chow Chin Pang, Kuong Evelyn Yue Ling, Tam Paul Kwong-Hang, Chan Godfrey Chi-Fung, Chung Brian Hon-Yin
Abstract excerpt
Somatic mutations in PIK3CA cause many overgrowth syndromes that have been recently coined the "PIK3CA-Related Overgrowth Spectrum." Here, we present seven molecularly confirmed patients with PIK3CA-Related Overgrowth Spectrum, including patients with Congenital Lipomatous Overgrowth, Vascular Malformations, Epidermal Nevi, Scoliosis/Skeletal and Spinal syndrome, Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, lymphatic malformation...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Class I Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Genetic Association Studies
- Genetic Testing
- Humans
- Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome
