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Tumor syndromes Flashcards

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Tuberous Sclerosis - Mutation

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TSC1, TSC2 ; autosomal dominant

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Tuberous Sclerosis - Features

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Skin manifestations (adenoma sebaceum, ash leaf spots, shagreen patches)Neurologic manifestations (seizures, subependymomas, retinal hamartomas)Cardiac abnormalities (rhabdomyoma, many congenital defects)PEComas, angiomyolipoma, lymphangioleiomyomatosis

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Carney Complex - Mutation

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PRKAR1A (chr 17) ; autosomal dominant

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Carney Complex - Features

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Mnemonic: NAME, LAMBNevi, Atrial myxoma, Myxoid neurofibroma, Ephelides Others: Pigmented nodular adrenal disease, psammomatous melanotic schwannomas

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Ehlers-Danlos - Mutation

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Heterogeneous mutations involving the synthesis and structure of collagen

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Ehlers-Danlos - Variants

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Classic (I, II) - Joint hypermobility, scarring, bruisingHypermobility (III) - Joint hypermobility onlyVascular (IV) - Arterial ruptures (poor prognosis)Others - Kyphoscoliotic, arthrochalasic, dermatosparaxic…probably not important

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Marfan syndrome - Mutation

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Fibrillin gene mutation (FBN1), autosomal dominant.

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Marfan syndrome - Features

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Aortic root dilation and dissection, mitral valve prolapse, rupturesComplete loss of elastic fibers in the luminal 1/3 of the tunica mediaEctopia Lentis - Classically SUPEROTEMPORAL

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Carney-Stratakis syndrome - Mutation

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SDHB gene hypermethylation

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Carney-Stratakis syndrome - Features

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GIST (epithelioid), pulmonary chondroma, paraganglioma

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DICER1 syndrome - Features

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Pleuropulmonary blastomaEmbryonal rhabdomyosarcomaOvarian sex-cord stromal tumors (Sertoli-leydig, granulosa cell, gynandroblastoma)Cystic nephromaMany others…

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What tumor syndromes are associated with paraganglioma/pheochromocytoma?

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MEN2SDH gene mutations (Carney-Stratakis)VHLNF1Sturge-Weber

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MEN1 - Mutation

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MEN1 (Menin) - AutDom

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MEN1 - Features

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Pituitary adenomaParathyroid hyperplasiaPancreatic endocrine neoplasm (eg, Gastrinoma&raquo_space; Zollinger-Ellison syndrome)

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MEN2A - Mutation

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RET - AutDom

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MEN2A - Features

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Medullary thyroid carcinomaParathyroid hyperplasiaPheochromocytoma

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MEN2B - Features

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Medullary thyroid carcinomaPheochromocytomaDiffuse GI ganglioneuromatosisMarfanoid body habitus

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Neurofibromatosis type 1 - Mutation

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Neurofibromin (chr 17) - AutDom(causes activation of RAS)

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Neurofibromatosis type 1 - Features

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Multiple neurofibromas (including plexiform)Optic nerve gliomasParagangliomas/pheochromocytomasSomatostatinoma, GIST, xanthogranulomaCafe au lait spots, lisch nodules

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Neurofibromatosis type 2 - Mutation

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Merlin (chr 22) - AutDom

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Neurofibromatosis type 2 - Features

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Bilateral acoustic schwannomasMeningiomas, neurofibromas, gliomasSpinal cord ependymomasCafe au lait spots but NO lisch nodules

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Sturge Weber

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Unknown cause (sporadic, not inherited)Port-wine stain (nevus flammeus) of trigeminal nerveLeptomeningeal angiomatosis&raquo_space; may affect cognitionPheochromocytoma

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Von Hippel-Lindau - Mutation

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VHL (chr 3) - AutDom

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Von Hippel-Lindau - Features

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Renal cell carcinomas (multiple, CCRCC)HemangioblastomasPheochromocytomasPancreatic endocrine neoplasmsPapillary cystadenoma of epididymisEndolymphatic sac tumor of the ear

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Birt-Hogg-Dube - Mutation

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BHD (Folliculin, chr 17)

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Birt-Hogg-Dube - Features

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Renal tumors (many types, especially hybrid chromophobe-oncocytomas)Facial fibrofolliculomas and acrochordonsLung cysts

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Beckwith-Wiedemann - Mutation

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Paternal allelic duplication of ??? (Chr 11)

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Beckwith-Wiedemann - Features

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Overgrowth syndrome - Organomegaly, macroglossia, hemihypertrophyIncreased childhood neoplasias: Wilms tumor, hepatoblastoma, pancreatoblastoma, neuroblastoma

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WAGR - Mutation

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WT1 gene deletion (chr 11) - Not familial

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WAGR - Features

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Wilm’s tumorAniridiaGenitourinary abnormalitiesRetardation

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Denys-Drash - Mutations

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WT1 point mutation (chr 11) - Not familial

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Denys-Drash - Features

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Wilms tumorGonadoblastomaDiffuse mesangial sclerosis

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Hereditary papillary renal cell cancer (PRCC)

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MET (chr 7) - AutDomCauses multiple bilateral type 1 PRCCs.

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Hereditary leiomyoma and renal cell carcinoma (HLRCC)

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Fumarate hydratase (chr 1) - AutoDomCauses type 2 PRCC with halo’d macronucleoli and cutaneous/uterine leiomyomas with eosinophilic inclusions and bizarre nuclei

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McCune-Albright syndrome - Mutation

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GNAS1 mosaicism (chr 20)

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McCune-Albright syndrome - Features

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Fibrous dysplasia (polyostotic)Cafe au lait spotsEndocrine abnormalities: Early puberty, thyrotoxicosis, gigantism, Cushing

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Mazabraud’s syndrome

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GNAS1 activating mutation (chr 20)Fibrous dysplasia, soft tissue (intramuscular) myxomas

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Ollier’s disease

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PTH1R mutations (chr 3)Multiple enchondromasIncreased risk of chondrosarcomas

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Maffucci’s syndrome

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PTH1R mutations (chr 3)Multiple enchondromas, soft tissue hemangiomasIncreased risk of chondrosarcomas and angiosarcomas

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FAP - Mutation

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APC (chr 5) - AutDom

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FAP - Features

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Intestinal adenomas including small intestinal and periampullary. Fundic gland polyps. PTC (cribriform-morular variant)Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibromas

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Gardner’s syndrome - Features

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All features of FAP, plus:Soft tissue fibromatosis (desmoid tumor), osteomas, “Gardner fibroma”Epidermoid cysts, pilomatrixomasSupernumerary and unerupted teeth

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Turcot’s syndrome - Mutation

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Involves PMS2; variant of both FAP and HNPCC?

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Turcot’s syndrome - Features

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Either medulloblastoma + FAP features,Or glioblastoma and HNPCC/Lynch features.

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HNPCC - Mutation

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hMLH1 = hMSH2 > hMSH6 > PMS5 = EPCAM

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How can sporadic versus inherited HNPCC patterns be identified on IHC?

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Most sporadic cases involve hypermethylation of MLH1. Absence of MSH2, MSH6, or PMS2 is nearly diagnostic of a germline mutation, whereas loss of MLH1 is most commonly sporadic (but requires further testing)

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HNPCC - Features

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Colorectal cancersEndometrial cancersOvary, stomach, pancreatobiliary…Urothelial carcinoma with inverted growth

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Muir-Torre

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HNPCC variant involving MSH2 and MLH1. Features of HNPCC plus sebaceous adenomas and keratoacanthomas

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MYH-associated polyposis

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MYH (mutation leads to mutations of APC)Manifests with attenuated FAP (polyps and extracolonic features)

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Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer syndrome

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CDH1 (E-cadherin) - AutDomDiffuse gastric cancer, lobular breast cancer

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Peutz-Jeghers - Mutation

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STK11 (chr 19) - AutDom

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Peutz-Jeghers - Features

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Peutz-Jeghers polyps (hamartomatous with arborizing smooth muscle)Adenoma malignumSCTATLarge cell calcifying sertoli cell tumorGI cancers (not arising from PJ polyps!)

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Juvenile polyposis

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Mutations in DPC4, BMPR1A, or PTENMultiple juvenile polyps involving colon or GI tract.

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Ruval-Caba-Myhre-Smyth (Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba)

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PTEN (chr 10) - AutDomHamartomatous polyps (Peutz-Jegher-like), lipomas, hemangiomas

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BRCA1 syndrome

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Chr 17Breast cancer (especially medullary)Ovarian cancer (serous carcinomas and STIC)

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BRCA2 syndrome

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Chr 13Breast cancer, ovarian cancerAlso male breast cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer

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Cowden’s disease - Mutation

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PTEN (chr 10) - AutDom

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Cowden’s disease - Features

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Multiple neoplasms and hamartomas…Breast cancerFacial trichilemmomasMultiple thyroid follicular adenomasGI polyps, soft tissue tumors, many others…

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Familial atypial multiple mole melanoma syndrome (FAMMM)

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p16 (chr 9) - AutDom100+ nevi, atypical and dysplastic nevi, increased risk of melanoma and pancreatic adenocarcinoma

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Gorlin’s syndrome - Mutation

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PTCH (chr 9) - AutDom

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Gorlin’s syndrome - Features

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Basal cell carcinomasOKC of jawOvarian and cardiac fibromasMedulloblastomaMacrocephaly and other skeletal abnormalities

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Retinoblastoma syndrome

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RB (chr 13) - AutDomRetinoblastomas, pineoblastoma, osteosarcomas

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What mutations are implicated in…Bloom syndromeFanconi anemia

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Bloom syndrome - BLM helicaseFanconi anemia - Several candidate genes…

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Ataxia-Telangiectasia

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ATM (chr 11) - AutRecCerebellar ataxiaOculocutaneous telangiectasiasImmune dysfunctionSensitivity to ionizing radiation, markedly increased cancer susceptibility (heterozygotes affected)

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Hyperparathyroidism-Jaw Tumor syndrome

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Mutation of CDC73 (chr 1) - AutDomCauses multiple parathyroid adenoma/carcinoma, ossifying fibromas of jaw, renal cysts, and hamartomas.

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