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Fanconi anemia and biallelic BRCA2 mutation diagnosed in a young child with an embryonal CNS tumor.


ABSTRACT: Medulloblastoma, the most common pediatric malignant brain tumor often arises sporadically; however, in a subgroup of patients, there exist familial conditions such as Fanconi anemia with biallelic BRCA2 mutation that predispose patients to developing medulloblastoma. Biallelic inactivation of BRCA2 in Fanconi anemia has been previously described in only 11 patients with medulloblastoma in the literature to date. Here we report two siblings diagnosed with central nervous system embryonal tumors at an early age in association with biallelic BRCA2 inactivation, including the first reported case of a spinal cord primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) in a BRCA2/FANCD1 kindred.

SUBMITTER: Dewire MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3782106 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Fanconi anemia and biallelic BRCA2 mutation diagnosed in a young child with an embryonal CNS tumor.

Dewire Mariko D MD   Ellison David W DW   Patay Zoltan Z   McKinnon Peter J PJ   Sanders Robert P RP   Gajjar Amar A  

Pediatric blood & cancer 20091201 6


Medulloblastoma, the most common pediatric malignant brain tumor often arises sporadically; however, in a subgroup of patients, there exist familial conditions such as Fanconi anemia with biallelic BRCA2 mutation that predispose patients to developing medulloblastoma. Biallelic inactivation of BRCA2 in Fanconi anemia has been previously described in only 11 patients with medulloblastoma in the literature to date. Here we report two siblings diagnosed with central nervous system embryonal tumors  ...[more]

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