Table 3.
Clinical information for the 13 patients identified with rare pathogenic cancer predisposition gene alterations
# | Gene | CNS tumor diagnosis, molecular subtype, WHO grade | Tumor location | Tumor methylation class (score) | Most relevant somatic alteration(s) | Age (y) | Presenting signs/ symptoms | CPS recognized before/ after tumor d iagnosis | Criteria for clinical CPS diagnosis met |
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1 | TSC2 | Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, WHO I | Lateral ventricle | N/A | None detected. Classical histopathology and IHC | 0.3 | Epileptic seizures | Before | Yes |
2 | GNAS | Optic pathway glioma | Optic nerve, intraorbital | N/A | Not biopsied | 2.8 | Unilateral proptosis and vision impairment | After | N/A |
3 | PTCH1 | Nodular/desmoplastic medulloblastoma, SHH activated, TP53 wt, WHO IV | Vermis | Medulloblastoma SHH (0.99), subclass SHH B (infant) (0.98) | SNVs of unclear clinical significance in JAK3, ERBB4, NOTCH1. No C- or NMYC amplification | 1.5 | Increasing head circumference | After | No |
4 | POLE | Anaplastic/nodular/desmoplastic medulloblastoma, SHH activated, TP53 mutated, WHO IV | Cerebellar hemisphere | Medulloblastoma SHH (0.97), subclass SHH A (children and adult) (0.82) | TP53, HNF1A and PIK3CA mutations. SNV of unclear clinical significance in VHL. No C- or NMYC amplification | 4.4 | Headache, affected gait, torticollis | After | N/A |
Diffuse pediatric high- grade glioma, H3 and IDH1 wt | Temporal lobe | Pediatric-type diffuse high-grade glioma (0.99) | TP53 and RB1 mutations. PTPN11 variant of unknown significance | 8.0 | None. Detected on routine surveillance MRI | ||||
5 | TP53 | Anaplastic and nodular/desmoplastic medulloblastoma, SHH activated, TP53 mutated, WHO IV | Cerebellar hemisphere | Medulloblastoma SHH (0.99), subclass SHH A (children and adult) (0.96) | TP53 mutation. Loss of 2q and 5q, partial loss of 8q and 10q. No C- or NMYC amplification | 7.1 | Headache, nausea, vomiting, torticollis | After | No |
Anaplastic astrocytoma, IDH wt, WHO III | Frontal lobe | No match ≥ 0.3 | TP53 mutation | 8.8 | None. Detected on routine surveillance MRI | ||||
6 | APC | Nodular/desmoplastic medulloblastoma, WNT activated, TP53 wt, WHO IV | Fourth ventricle | Medulloblastoma WNT (N/A) | TERT promoter and PIK3CA mutation | 5.4 | Affected gait and balance | After | No |
7 | BAP1 | Anaplastic meningioma, WHO III | Petrous and mastoid bones, jugular vein | Meningioma (0.91), meningiomas intermediate (0.61), meningiomas intermediate A (0.58) | BAP1 mutation. Partial loss 3p | 15.1 | Focal neck swelling, fatigue, unilateral tinnitus | After | N/A |
8 | NF1 | Optic pathway glioma | Optic nerve and optic chiasm | N/A | Not biopsied | 3.2 | Strabismus | After | Yes |
9 | NF1 | Pilocytic astrocytoma, BRAF wt, WHO I | Suprasellar/hypothalamus | N/A (insufficient tumor tissue) | Inconclusive KIAA1549- BRAF fusion analysis | 13.3 | Vision impairment | After | Yes |
10 | NF1 | Well-circumscribed tumor of unknown type (tentative diagnosis based on radiological findings: low-grade glioma) | Mesencephalon | N/A | Not biopsied | 10.7 | Headache and affected fine motor skills | Before | Yes |
11 | NF1 | Optic pathway glioma (later also diagnosed with JMML) | Bilateral optic nerves, prechiasmal | N/A | Not biopsied | 4.1 | Weight loss, recurrent episodes with fever | After | Yes |
12 | SUFU | Nodular medulloblastoma, SHH activated, TP53 wt, WHO IV | Fourth ventricle | Medulloblastoma SHH (N/A), subclass SHH B (infant) (N/A) | No C- or NMYC amplification | 1.1 | Early motor delay | After | No |
13 | NF1 | Pilocytic astrocytoma, BRAF wt, WHO I | 1) Brainstem 2) Cerebellar hemisphere | 1) Pilocytic astrocytoma (0.85), low-grade glioma, subclass midline pilocytic astrocytoma (0.81) 2) Low-grade glioma, pilocytic astrocytoma subtype, infratentorial (0.39) | 1) Gain of chromosomes 5, 6, 7 and 12, loss of chromosomes 3 and 18. Loss of 13q and 18q 2) Gain of chromosomes 4, 6, 8, 12. Gain of 15q No pathogenic mutations/fusions detected. | 15.6 | Affected balance | Before | Yes |
IHC, immunohistochemistry; SNV, single nucleotide variant; SHH, sonic hedgehog activated; WNT, wingless activated; N/A, not available/applicable; wt, wild-type; JMML, juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia; CPS, cancer predisposition syndrome.