Abstract
Background. A 37-year-old woman presented with a supratentorial cerebral mass, which was diagnosed histologically as a primitive neuroectodermal tumor. She had been treated for rectal adenocarcinoma 7 years previously. A family history revealed a young-onset colorectal carcinoma in the patient's father.
Investigations. Immunohistochemical analysis for DNA mismatch repair proteins, germline mutation analysis of MSH2.
Diagnosis. Lynch syndrome with a heterozygous germline mutation in MSH2.
Management. Debulking of the cerebral tumor, craniospinal axis radiotherapy, and genetic counseling of family.
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Jeans, A., Frayling, I., Jasani, B. et al. Cerebral primitive neuroectodermal tumor in an adult with a heterozygous MSH2 mutation. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 6, 295–299 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrclinonc.2009.35
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