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TSC2 somatic mosaic mutation, including extra-tumor tissue, may be the developmental cause of solitary subependymal giant cell astrocytoma.
Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery - 1 Jan 2022
Sasaki Tsuyoshi, Uda Takehiro, Kuki Ichiro, Kunihiro Noritsugu, Okazaki Shin, Niida Yo, Goto Takeo
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PURPOSE: Subependymal giant cell astrocytomas (SEGAs) are tumors that usually arise in the wall of one or the other lateral ventricle near a foramen of Monro, most often on a background of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). TSC has a variety of clinical manifestations caused by germline mutations of the TSC complex subunit 1 or 2 (TSC1, TSC2) genes. SEGAs without clinical manifestations of TSC are termed solitary...
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