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. 2023 Apr 6;25(4):761–773. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noac187

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
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.