Analyzing the Genetic Spectrum of Vascular Anomalies with Overgrowth via Cancer Genomics.

Vascular anomalies are variably associated with overgrowth, skeletal anomalies, and abnormalities of the brain, leptomeninges, and eye. We assembled a 16-institution network to determine the range of genetic variants associated with a spectrum of vascular anomalies with overgrowth, ranging from mild to severe. Because of the overlap between cancer-associated variants and previously described somatic variants in vascular overgrowth syndromes, we employed tumor genetic profiling via high-depth next-generation sequencing using a panel to assay affected tissue from a diverse cohort of subjects with vascular anomalies with overgrowth.