Metachronous ovarian endometrioid carcinomas in a patient with a PTEN variant: case report of incidentally detected Cowden syndrome

Matsubayashi, H; Higashigawa, S; Kiyozumi, Y; Horiuchi, Y; Hirashima, Y; Kado, N; Abe, M; Ohishi, T; Ohnami, S; Urakami, K; Yamaguchi, K

Matsubayashi, H (reprint author), Shizuoka Canc Ctr, Div Genet Med Promot, Nagaizumi, Shizuoka 4118777, Japan.; Matsubayashi, H (reprint author), Shizuoka Canc Ctr, Div Endoscopy, 1007 Shimonagakubo, Nagaizumi, Shizuoka, Japan.

BMC CANCER, 2019; 19 (1):

Abstract

Background: Somatic PTEN mutation occurs in a proportion of ovarian endometrioid carcinomas. However, these cancers have seldom been reported in disea......

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