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Published in final edited form as: Horm Metab Res. 2018 Oct 1;51(7):419–436. doi: 10.1055/a-0661-0341

Table 1.

Patients with pituitary adenoma and pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndrome (3PAs) with identified germline genetic defects.

Pituitary Pheo/PGL
Patient Nr Sex Type Size Treatment Age Type Treatment Age Family history Mutation LOH/ICH in PA Reference
1 F PRL NK NK 27 Pheo NK NK No SDHA c.91C > T p.Arg31Ter, VHL c.589G > A p.Asp197Asn Not performed Dénes et al. (2015) [22]
2 F PRL Macro NK 49 PGLs NK 49 NK SDHA p.Arg31 * c.91C > T SDHA/SDHB negative staining Niemeijer et al. (2015) [13]
3 M GH Macro SSA 84 PGL No 84 No SDHAF2 c.−52T > C Not performed Dénes et al. (2015) [22]
4 M PRL Macro DA, surgery 33 PGL Surgery 33 Mother: PRL, brother: PGL SDHB c.298 T > C p.Ser100Pro LOH at SDBH locus, intracytoplasmic vacuoles Dénes et al. (2015) [22]
5 F NFPA Macro Surgery x3, RT 53 PGL RT 28 Sister: glioma SDHB c.587 G > A p.Cys196Tyr LOH at SDBH locus/SDHB staining: diffuse/intracytoplasmic vacuoles Dénes et al. (2015) [22]
6 F PRL Macro DA 38 PGLs carotid and mediastinal Carotid: surgery, mediastinal: inoperable 35 Brother PGLs SDHB mutation, (actual genetic defect not available) Not performed Gorospe et al. (2017) [76]
7 F PRL Macro DA, RT 60 PGL RT 60 NK SDHB c.423 + 1 G > A Not performed Dénes et al. (2015) [22]
8 F NFPA Micro No 50 Pheo Surgery 50 NK SDHB c.770dupT p.Asn-258GlufsTer17 Not performed Dénes et al. (2015) [22]
9 M GH NK SSA 72 PGL No 70 Brother & niece: PA, sister: bilateral HNPGL SDHB c.689 G > A p.Arg230His Not performed Xekouki et al. (2015) [26]
10 F PRL Micro NK 50 PGL NK 47 Brother: HNPGL, grandmother: GIST SDHB c.642 + 1 G > A, splice site alteration Not performed Xekouki et al. (2015) [26]
11 F PRL Micro DA 33 PGL Surgery 43 Brain tumor SDHB c.18 C > A p.Ala6Alaa 3 PTEN polymorphisms Not performed Efstathiadou et al. (2014) [77]
12 F PRL Macro DA 38 PGL SSA NK Brother index case: PGL. Mother and sister positive for region of ex.1 of SDHB deletion affecting ex. 1 of SDHB Not performed Guerrero Pérez et al. (2016) [21]
13 M PRL Macro DA 53 PGL Surgery 38 Cousin: PA, brother: PGL SDHC c.380 A > G p.His127Arg Not performed Dénes et al. (2015) [22]
14 F PRL Macro NK 60 PGL NK 60 No SDHC c256–257insTTTp-Phe85dup Not performed López-Jiménez et al. (2008) [78]
15 F PRL Macro Surgery, DA 23 PGL Surgery 32 Sister, aunt and grandmother: PA; sister: bilateral HNPGL SDHD c.242 C > T, p.Pro81Leu Not performed Xekouki et al. (2015) [26]
16 M PRL Macro DA, surgery 60 PGL, Pheo Surgery (Pheo) 62 NK SDHD c.274 G > T pAsp92Tyr LOH at SDHD locus/SDHB positive ICH, SDHA IHC positive Papathomas et al. (2014) [25]
17 F GH Macro Surgery, SSA 56 PGL NK 56 Father and 2 sisters: HNPGL; sister: GIST SDHD c.274 G > T p.Asp92Tyr LOH at SDHD locus/SDHB positive ICH, SDHA IHC positive Papathomas et al. (2014) [25]
18 F PRL Macro DA, surgery 33 PGL Surgery x2 39 Aunt, uncle, brother: HNPGL SDHD c.242 C > T p.Pro81Leu Not performed Varsavsky et al. (2013) [79]
19 M GH Macro SSA, surgery 37 PGL, Pheo Surgery 37 Sister and paternal uncle neck PGLs HNPGL SDHD c.298_301 del, premature stop at codon 133 AIP & CDKN1B polymorphism PA: LOH at SDHD locus, reduced SDHD protein/patchy SDHB staining Xekouki et al. (2012) [15,17]
20 M GH/PRL Macro Surgery, RT, DA 27 Pheo Surgery 31 No MEN1 c.1452delGp.Thr557Ter Menin staining of the Pheo: no menin positive cells Dénes et al. (2015) [22]
21 F NFPA Macro Surveillance 45 PGL NK 45 No MEN1 c.196_200dupAG-CCC frameshift (pathogenic), polymorphism C423T no amino acid change Not performed in Pheo Jeong et al. (2014) [80]
22 M PRL NK NK 41 Pheo Surgery 48 NK MEN1 K119X, RET WT Not performed in Pheo Langer et al. (2002) [81]
23 NK NK NK NK NK Pheo NK NK Hyperparathy-roidism and pancreatic islet cell tumor MEN1 c.320dell2 Not performed in Pheo Dackiw et al. (1999) [32]
24 NK NK NK NK NK Pheo NK NK Pancreatic islet cell tumor and rectal leiomyoma MEN1 1325insA Not performed in Pheo Dackiw et al. (1999) [32]
25 M PRL NK NK 29 Pheo NK 32 MEN1 Not performed, other family members MEN1 mutation HPTH at age 21 years Carty et al. (1998) [82]
26 M GH Macro Surgery 62 Pheo Surgery 62 No RET p.Cys618Ser Not performed in PA Heinlen et al. (2011) [83]
27 M ACTH Micro Surgery x2 48 Pheo Surgery 66 Son: HPTH RET c.1900T > C, p.Cys634Arg. Negative for MEN1 mutations Not performed in Pheo Naziat et al. (2013) [84]
28 F PRL Macro DA 49 Pheo Bilateral adrenalectomy 49 No MAX c.296 G > T, Neg for MEN1, VHL, SDHB, SDHC, SDHD, SDHAF2, or TMEM127 genes Not performed Roszko et al. (2017) [34]
29 M PRL Micro DA 49 Pheo Surgery 32 No Germinal heterozygous deletion of exon 3 of MAX (detected by MLPA). Neg for RET, VHL, SDHx, CDKN1B, AIP, MEN1 Not performed Daly et al., (2018) [33]
30 F GH Macro SSA, DA, Pegvisomant, RT 26 Bilateral Pheos Bilateral adrenalectomy 35 No Germinal heterozygous deletion of exons 1–3 and intron 3 of MAX. Neg for RET, VHL, SDHx, CDKN1B, AIP, MEN1 Not performed Daly et al. (2018) [33]
31 M GH Macro Surgery, RT 16 Bilateral Pheos Bilateral adrenalectomy 22 No Germinal heterozygous deletion of exon 3 of MAX (detected by MLPA). Neg for RET, VHL, SDHx, CDKN1B, AIP, MEN1 Not performed Daly et al. (2018) [33]

M: Male; F: Female; NFPA: Non-functional pituitary adenoma; PRL: Prolactinoma; GH: Acromegaly; Macro: Macroadenoma; Micro: Microadenoma; DA: Dopamine agonist; RT: Radiotherapy; SSA: Somatostatin analogue; Pheo: Pheochromocytoma; PGL: Paraganglioma; HNPGL: Head and neck paraganglioma; PTC: Papillary thyroid cancer; GIST: Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; pNET: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor; MTC: Medullary thyroid carcinoma; HPTH: Hyperparathyoidism; NK: Not known; MEN1: Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1; NF1: Neurofibromatosis type 1; A: Single nucleotide polymorphism with a minor allele frequency of 0.2% and a genotype frequency of 0.5% (1000 Genomes Project Consortium, 2012) [85].