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Desmoid fibromatosis in a child with DICER1-related tumor predisposition.
Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology - 1 Apr 2026
Thorner Paul Scott, Chong Anne-Laure, Jung Sung Mi, Fox Gabriel P P, Corbally Martin, Foulkes William D
Abstract excerpt
DICER1-related tumor predisposition is an inherited disorder, generally pediatric in onset, featuring a characteristic array of mainly mesenchymal tumors. We report a chest wall desmoid fibromatosis, occurring in a child who uniquely carries a germline "hotspot" DICER1 variant that likely leads to impaired miRNA biogenesis in all cells. This lesion contained a hotspot CTNNB1 c.134C > T, (p.S45F) exon 3 somatic...
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