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Multiple synchronous malignancies in an infant with concomitant homozygous BRCA2 and PMS2 mutations with Fanconi anemia phenotype.
Pediatric hematology and oncology - 1 Jan 2023
Alghanim Hamad Mohammed, Eltawel Mohamed, Alhaidari Abdulmajeed Ibrahim, Alobaid Muhannad Mohammed, Moghairi Areej Mofareh, Sufiani Fahad, Ahmad Naveed
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary cancer predisposition accounts for more than 10% of all cancers in pediatric age group and this is increasingly recognized as an important entity because of modern sequencing techniques. We report a rare association of two concurrent cancer predisposition syndromes, BRCA2 and PMS2, in a young child who presented with concurrent malignancies including Wilms tumor, myelodysplastic syndrome and an...
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