Novel intronic DICER1 variation associated with pleuropulmonary blastoma in two siblings.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Pleuropulmonary blastomas (PPB) are rare aggressive paediatric lung malignancies associated with DICER1 variants. We present two cases, a 2-year-old girl with upper respiratory tract symptoms as well as a 6-month-old girl sibling undergoing screening due to family history of malignancy. Imaging of the 2-year-old girl revealed a large mass filling the right hemithorax which was determined to be a type II PPB after pathological examination. Imaging of the 6-month-old sibling demonstrated a small cystic lesion in the posterior basal segment of the right lower lobe which was determined to be a type 1r PPB after pathological examination. The 2-year-old girl received adjuvant chemotherapy while the baby sister underwent resection alone and both are alive and well at 12 months and 7 months, respectively. Sequence analysis in both cases confirmed the same DICER1 variation, c.2437-2A>G (likely pathogenic), which has not been previously described in the literature.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Leckey, BD; Carney, JM; Sun, JM; Pavlisko, EN
Published Date
- January 20, 2019
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 12 / 1
PubMed ID
- 30665929
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC6340604
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1757-790X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1136/bcr-2018-227391
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- England