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SUBMITTER: van Spaendonck-Zwarts KY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3297757 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van Spaendonck-Zwarts Karin Y KY Badeloe Sadhanna S Oosting Sjoukje F SF Hovenga Sjoerd S Semmelink Harry J F HJ van Moorselaar R Jeroen A RJ van Waesberghe Jan Hein JH Mensenkamp Arjen R AR Menko Fred H FH
Familial cancer 20120301 1
Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer (HLRCC) is an autosomal dominant syndrome characterized by skin piloleiomyomas, uterine leiomyomas and papillary type 2 renal cancer caused by germline mutations in the fumarate hydratase (FH) gene. Previously, we proposed renal imaging for FH mutation carriers starting at the age of 20 years. However, recently an 18-year-old woman from a Dutch family with HLRCC presented with metastatic renal cancer. We describe the patient and family data, evalua ...[more]