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Published on: October 3, 2010
Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome predisposing to non-WNT, non-SHH, group 3 medulloblastoma
Franck Bourdeaut1, Catherine Miquel, Wilfrid Richer
1INSERMU830, Laboratoire de génétique et biologie des cancers, Institut Curie, Paris, France; Département de pédiatrie, Institut Curie, Paris, France.
Abstract:
Medulloblastomas (MB) are classified in four subgroups: the well defined WNT and Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) subgroups, and the less defined groups 3 and 4. They occasionally occur in the context of a cancer predisposition syndrome. While germline APC mutations predispose to WNT MB, germline mutations in SUFU, PTCH1, and TP53 predispose to SHH tumors. We report on a child with a Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RTS) due to a germline deletion in CREBBP, who developed a MB. Biological profilings demonstrate that this tumor belongs to the group 3. RTS may therefore be the first predisposition syndrome identified for non-WNT/non-SHH MB.
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