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Facial infiltrating lipomatosis with hemimegalencephaly and lymphatic malformations caused by nonhotspot phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha mutation.
Pediatric dermatology - 1 Jan 2000
Chen Hongrui, Sun Bin, Gao Wei, Jia Hechen, Zhou Lucia, Hua Chen, Lin Xiaoxi
Abstract excerpt
We report an unusual case of facial infiltrating lipomatosis with hemimegalencephaly and lymphatic malformations. In addition to the clinical data and imaging findings, detection of a heterozygous PIK3CA nonhotspot known pathogenic variant C420R in a facial epidermal nevus provided novel insight into the pathogenic effect of somatic PIK3CA mutations.
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