Leiomyoma of the suprarenal gland in a child with ataxia-telangiectasia

Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 1991 Jul-Sep;8(3):235-41. doi: 10.3109/08880019109033457.

Abstract

We report the occurrence of a leiomyoma of the suprarenal gland in a 10-year-old girl with ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T). Muscle cell tumors are very uncommon in this gland as they are in A-T. Possible reasons for developing nonhematologic tumors in this syndrome are reviewed. A defect in DNA repair mechanisms probably favors, in young children, the expression of tumors normally expected in the aged.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / etiology
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / genetics
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Ataxia Telangiectasia / complications*
  • Ataxia Telangiectasia / genetics
  • Child
  • Chromosome Inversion
  • Female
  • Hematologic Tests
  • Humans
  • Leiomyoma / etiology
  • Leiomyoma / genetics
  • Leiomyoma / pathology*
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Translocation, Genetic