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Mosaic Variant in Unilateral Woolly Hair in a Girl With PIK3CA-Related Overgrowth Spectrum.
Congenital anomalies - 1 Jan 2026
Tanaka Ryosuke, Takeguchi Ryo, Akaba Yuichi, Ono Yusuke, Mizukami Yusuke, Takahashi Satoru
Abstract excerpt
The phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K)-AKT-mTOR pathway plays a central role in cellular growth and survival, and somatic activating variants in PIK3CA cause PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum (PROS). Because these variants arise postzygotically, affected individuals exhibit somatic mosaicism, making molecular diagnosis challenging, particularly when only peripheral blood is available. We report an infant with...
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