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Turkish Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
Thyroid Involvement in Two Patients with Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome [J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol]
J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol. 2013; 5(4): 261-265 | DOI: 10.4274/Jcrpe.984

Thyroid Involvement in Two Patients with Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome

Valentina Peiretti1, Alessandro Mussa1, Francesca Feyles1, Gerdi Tuli1, Arianna Santanera1, Cristina Molinatto1, Giovanni Battista Ferrero1, Andrea Corrias1
University Of Torino, Regina Margherita Children Hospital, Department Of Pediatrics, Torino, Italy

Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome (BRRs) is an overgrowth disorder characterized by macrocephaly, pigmented maculae of the glans penis, and benign mesodermal hamartomas (primarily subcutaneous and visceral lipomas, multiple hemangiomas, and intestinal polyps). Dysmorphic features as well as delayed neuropsychomotor development can also be present. These patients have also a higher risk of developing tumors, as the gene involved in BRRs is phosphatase and tensin homologue (PTEN), and up to 30% of the patients have thyroid involvement consistent with multinodular goiter, thyroid adenoma, differentiated non-medullary thyroid cancer, or Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Here, we report two cases of BRRs at opposite ends of its phenotypic spectrum: clinical manifestations of the first patient were more severe, while the second one showed only few signs and had no family history of the disease. Both cases developed thyroid disorders detected by thyroid ultrasound screening. We believe that it is important for clinicians, specifically pediatric endocrinologists, to know that this syndrome can appear in very subtle ways and also to be aware that thyroid nodules and intestinal polyps seem to be its most frequently encountered features.

Keywords: Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome,PTEN,Thyroid,thyroid ultrasound,thyroid neoplasm

Valentina Peiretti, Alessandro Mussa, Francesca Feyles, Gerdi Tuli, Arianna Santanera, Cristina Molinatto, Giovanni Battista Ferrero, Andrea Corrias. Thyroid Involvement in Two Patients with Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome. J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol. 2013; 5(4): 261-265
Manuscript Language: English
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