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Tuberous sclerosis complex mutations in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Observations on phenotypic and treatment-related associations.
Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology - 1 Aug 2023
Navale Pooja, Chatterjee Deyali, Itani Malak, Trikalinos Nikolaos A
Abstract excerpt
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs) in familial tuberous sclerosis (TSC1 and TSC2 mutations) have been known and studied. However, little is known about PanNET patients harboring the very rare (less than 2%) sporadic TSC mutations. Some renal tumors have been shown to harbor sporadic TSC mutations, with a distinctive morphological correlate. We hereby describe this rather unusual molecular alteration in...
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