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Uncommon tumours Flashcards

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Pleuropulmonary blastoma

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DICER1

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Male breast cancer (n=4)

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BRCA2 (>BRCA1)
XXY
PALB2
CHEK2

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Osteochondromyxoma

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PRKAR1A (Carney Complex)

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Angiofibromas (n=3)

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  • FLCN (Birt Hogg Dube)
  • TSC
  • MEN1
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5
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Cardiac myxoma

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PRKAR1A (Carney Complex)

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6
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Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour

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NF1

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7
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Cribriform-morular variant of papillary thyroid cancer

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APC (FAP)

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Parotid oncocytoma

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FLCN (Birt Hogg Dube)

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Bronchoalveolar carcinoma

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TP53 (Li-Fraumeni Syndrome)

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Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA)

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TSC

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Cystic nephroma

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DICER1

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12
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Adrenocortical carcinoma

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TP53 (Li-Fraumeni Syndrome)

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13
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Clear-cell meningioma

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SMARCE1

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14
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Ameloblastoma (a.k.a. malignant transformation of keratocyst)

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(Gorlin Syndrome)

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Signet ring carcinoma (a.k.a. diffuse gastric cancer)

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CDH1 (Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer Syndrome)

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16
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Glomus tumour

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SDHx genes (Hereditary Paraganglioma-Pheochromocytoma Syndromes)

NF1

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17
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Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML)

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(RASopathies including NF1)

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Multiple papillary cystadenomas of the epididymis or broad ligament

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VHL

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19
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Oncocytoma / chromophobe renal cell carcinoma

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FLCN (BHD)

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20
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Mucosal neuromas of lips/tongue

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RET (MEN2B)

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Hepatoblastoma (n=5)

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APC
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Hemihypertrophy
Simpson-Golabi Behmel
Trisomy 18
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22
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Choroid plexus carcinoma

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TP53 (Li-Fraumeni Syndrome)

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23
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Early-onset astrocytoma

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MSH3

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24
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Botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma of the cervix

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DICER1

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25
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Optic glioma

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NF1

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26
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Lobular breast cancer

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CDH1 (Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer Syndrome)

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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

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Adenoma malignum of the cervix

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STK11 (PJS)

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Gestational choriocarcinoma (in mother)

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Fetus + father with TP53 variant

30
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Malignant phyllodes tumour

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TP53 (Li-Fraumeni Syndrome)

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Pineoblastoma (n=2)

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DICER1

RB1

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Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type

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Bilateral vestibular schwannomas (a.k.a. acoustic neuromas)

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Linitis plastica

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CDH1 (Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer Syndrome)

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Ciliary body medulloepithelioma

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Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease

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PRKAR1A (Carney Complex)

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Large calcifying Sertoli cell tumours (n=2)

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STK11 (PJS)

PRKAR1A (Carney Complex)

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Medulloblastoma (a.k.a. primitive neuroectodermal tumour) (n=4)

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SUFU (Gorlin Syndrome; SUFU > PTCH1) if SHH subgroup
TP53 (Li-Fraumeni Syndrome) if SHH subgroup and/or chromothripsis
APC (FAP) if WNT subgroup
BRCA2 and PALB2 (Fanconi anemia) if non-WNT subgroup / group 3

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Multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia

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Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour (ATRT)

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Hypodiploid ALL (in childhood)

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TP53 (Li-Fraumeni Syndrome)

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Angiomyolipoma

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Hyperparathyroidism + ossifying fibromas of the jaw

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Retinoblastoma

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Transitional carcinomas of the ureter and renal pelvis

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(Lynch Syndrome)

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Pheochromocytoma

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SDHx genes ( Hereditary Paraganglioma-Pheochromocytoma Syndromes)
RET (MEN2)
VHL (type 2)
NF1
MAX
TMEM127
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Pituitary blastoma

48
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Schwannomatosis

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Cerebellar dysplastic gangliocytoma (a.k.a. Lhermitte-Duclos disease)

50
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Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma

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PRKAR1A (Carney Complex)

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Anaplastic rhabdomyosarcoma

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TP53 (Li-Fraumeni Syndrome)

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Wilms tumour (n=8)

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WT1 (WAGR, Denys-Drash, Frasier, isolated)
Hemihypertrophy
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Bohring-Opitz
Mulibrey nanism
Perlman
Simpson-Golabi Behmel
Trisomy 18
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Gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) (n=4)

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PRKAR1A (Carney Complex)
SDHx genes ( Hereditary Paraganglioma-Pheochromocytoma Syndromes)
SHDx genes (Carney-Stratakis Syndrome)
NF1

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Neuroblastoma / Ganglioneuroblastoma / Ganglioneuroma (n=2)

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ALK

PHOX2B

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Nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma

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Acute megakaryocytic leukemia

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Trisomy 21

57
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Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour

58
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Gastric adenocarcinoma and proximal polyposis of stomach (GAPPS)

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APC (but not FAP)

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Juvenile xanthogranuloma

60
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Endolymphatic sac tumour

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Hemangioblastoma

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Bilateral ovarian cystadenomas

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Parotid monomorphic adenoma

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Hereditary papillary renal cell cancer

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