Tumors in Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome
โ Scribed by Miller, Robert W. ;Rubinstein, Jack H.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 344 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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โฆ Synopsis
The 14 tumors reported in Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome since 1989, when added to the 22 previously reported, are beginning to show a pattern of neural and developmental tumors, especially of the head, which is malformed in the syndrome. Among the neoplasms were 12 of the nervous system: 2 each of oligodendroglioma, medulloblastoma, neuroblastoma, and benign meningioma, a pheochromocytoma, and 3 other benign tumors; 2 of nasopharyngeal rhabdomyosarcoma; and 1 each of leiomyosarcoma, seminoma, and embryonal carcinoma. Among the other benign tumors were an odontoma, a choristoma, a dermoid cyst, and 2 pilomatrixomas. @
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