Inherited macrocephaly-hamartoma syndromes.
Recent discoveries in the molecular biology of the phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) locus in the q22-23 region of chromosome 10 prove and/or suggest that several syndromes previously considered to be clinically and genetically distinct entities should actually be unified into a single entity. This conclusion is most secure for the Cowden and "Bannayan-Zonana" phenotypes, but almost certainly should also include the "Riley-Ruvalcaba" and Lhermitte-Duclos phenotypes as well benign familial macrocephaly and external hydrocephalus. The clinical and molecular data supporting this unification are presented along with a proposal for new nomenclature-the PTEN MATCHS (macrocephaly, autosomal dominant, thyroid disease, cancer, hamartomata, skin abnormalities) syndrome-based on the observed clinical abnormalities.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Children's Hospital of Illinois at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center 61637, USA. JHD@UIC.edu
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D006223:Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D006257:Head / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans