Case report: Turcot syndrome type 2 in a developing country within the Caribbean.

Front Oncol

Department of Pediatrics, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago.

Published: March 2024

Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor and has been linked to known cancer predisposition syndromes. We report a case of medulloblastoma of a 12-year-old Indo-Trinidadian female with a strong family history of colorectal carcinoma. In collaboration with the SickKids-Caribbean Initiative (SCI), her tumor was confirmed to be a WHO grade 4 medulloblastoma - Wnt subtype. Genetic testing further confirmed the presence of a pathogenic APC gene variant [c.3183_3187del (p.Gln1062*)] which led to a diagnosis of Turcot syndrome type 2. The index patient received multimodal therapy which included surgery, radiation and chemotherapy and is currently post end-of-treatment and in remission. This case report aims to highlight the complexity of diseases and the need for expertise in identifying them in low-and-middle income countries, the need for access to specialized testing and the benefits of collaborating between low-and-middle income and high-income countries when managing complex oncology patients.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10973883PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2024.1331271DOI Listing

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