Multifocal meningiomas in a patient with a constitutional ring chromosome 22.
We report a patient with a constitutional ring chromosome 22, in whom multifocal meningiomas were confirmed at necropsy, and discuss the relationship between the constitutional chromosome change and tumourigenesis of meningiomas in this patient.
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Arinami
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Nakajima
D000328:Adult; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002904:Chromosomes, Human, 21-22 and Y; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000235:genetics*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000235:genetics*; D012303:Ring Chromosomes