title: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a boy with fragile X syndrome.
abstract: The authors report on what they believe to be the first case of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a patient with fragile X syndrome. In the literature, a few cases of fragile X syndrome associated with malignancies are described. Although this association seems more than coincidental, the molecular correlation between this syndrome and cancer is yet unclear.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, Italy. ferrari@istitutotumori.mi.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meazza
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casanova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000235:genetics*; D005600:Fragile X Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*