Familial neurofibromatosis microdeletion syndrome complicated by rhabdomyosarcoma

Arch Dis Child. 2002 Nov;87(5):444-5. doi: 10.1136/adc.87.5.444.

Abstract

Neurofibromatosis type 1 with dysmorphism and developmental delay is reported in a mother and two children. The son required treatment for a prostatic rhabdomyosarcoma. His sister has an optic pathway glioma. Fluorescence in situ hybridisation confirmed a submicroscopic deletion at 17q11.2. New evidence suggests an increased malignancy frequency in microdeletion cases.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17 / genetics*
  • Female
  • Gene Deletion*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / complications
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / genetics*
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / complications
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / genetics*