Publications by authors named "Yanen Zaneli Rios-Lozano"

Introduction: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant cancer predisposition syndrome caused by pathogenic variants in NF1, which negatively regulates the RAS pathway. Knowledge of the genotype-phenotype correlation in this disease is an important tool for prognostic evaluation and early detection of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST), present in approximately 10% of these patients. We present the case of a teenager with a left jaw MPNST and a previously unreported germline pathogenic variant on NF1.

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