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Table 1 Clinical phenotype and molecular characterization of Italian PHTS patients studied

From: Beta catenin and cytokine pathway dysregulation in patients with manifestations of the "PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome"

Patient

S/F

Age of diagnosis

Mutation

Clinical manifestations

Affected relatives

PHTS1

F

53 yrs

c.406 T→C p.C136R

BRRS: macrocephaly, brain asymmetry, arteriovenous malformations, glycogenic acanthosis, hamartomatous gastric polyps, colon cancer, penis macules, keratosis of the hands and feet

Father and one brother died of colon cancer; they both showed penis macules.

PHTS2

S

45 yrs

↓ mRNA

CS: hamartomatous gastric Cowden polyps, colon cancer, glycogenic acanthosis, keratosis of the hands and feet, a few freckles on penis

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PHTS3

S

54 yrs

↓ mRNA

CS: hamartomatous colonic Cowden polyps, colon cancer, horseshoe kidney.

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  1. PHTS1, PHTS2 and PHTS3: patients affected by PHTS syndrome; F: familial cases; S: sporadic cases