Familial gastrointestinal stromal tumor with germ line mutation of the juxtamembrane domain of the KIT gene observed in relatively young women.
Familial gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is an extremely rare autosomal dominant disorder, and approximately 20 families have been reported to date. In this article, we present one additional family. A 25-year-old Japanese woman presented with abdominal pain, and subsequent image analyses disclosed multiple tumors measuring 12 cm in maximum diameter in the lower digestive tract. The postoperative histologic examination showed multiple GISTs and diffuse hyperplasia of interstitial cells of Cajal. Her mother had a history of GIST in the digestive tract. Three members of this family including her younger sister and mother had cutaneous hyperpigmentation of external genitalia and axilla. Their DNA samples showed identical missense mutation at exon 11 in the juxtamembrane domain of the KIT gene, and this mutation site was considered to be a hot spot in familial GIST. One year after, her younger sister suffered from multiple GISTs in the digestive tract at the age of 25 years. To correctly diagnose familial GIST, mutual information should be exchanged among clinicians, pathologists, and molecular scientists.
Kuroda
Naoto
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Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kochi Red Cross Hospital, Japan. kurochankochi@yahoo.co.jp
Tanida
Nobuyuki
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Hirota
Seiichi
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Daum
Ondrej
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Hes
Ondrej
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Michal
Michal
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Lee
Gang-Hong
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D000328:Adult; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D018095:Germ-Line Mutation; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D056885:Interstitial Cells of Cajal / Q000473:pathology; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / Q000235:genetics*
D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit