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Upper limb muscle overgrowth with hypoplasia of the index finger: a new over-growth syndrome caused by the somatic PIK3CA mutation c.3140A>G

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Title
Upper limb muscle overgrowth with hypoplasia of the index finger: a new over-growth syndrome caused by the somatic PIK3CA mutation c.3140A>G
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BMC Medical Genomics, September 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12881-018-0672-z
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Mohammad M. Al-Qattan, Ali Hadadi, Abdullah M. Al-Thunayan, Ahmed A. Eldali, Mohammed A. AlBalwi

Abstract

Scientists have previously described an overgrowth syndrome in Saudi patients and named it 'Upper limb muscle overgrowth with hypoplasia of the index finger' syndrome. We describe a new case and document that the syndrome is caused by the somatic PIK3CA mutation c.3140A>G, p.His1047Arg. We also recruited one of the previously reported cases and found the same somatic mutation in the affected muscles. A wider classification of 'PIK3CA-related pathology spectrum' is presented which includes cancer, benign skin lesions/tumors, Cowden syndrome, isolated vascular malformations and various overgrowth syndromes. The latter entity is sub-divided into 3 sub-groups: overgrowth with brain involvement, overgrowth with multiple lipomatosis, and overgrowth without brain involvement/multiple lipomatosis. Our literature review indicated that "upper limb muscle overgrowth with hypoplasia of the index finger" is not as rare as previously thought to be. This overgrowth syndrome is unique and is caused by the somatic PIK3CA mutation c.3140A>G.

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Unknown 16 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 3 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 19%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 6%
Student > Bachelor 1 6%
Researcher 1 6%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 7 44%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 5 31%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 13%
Chemistry 1 6%
Arts and Humanities 1 6%
Unknown 7 44%
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