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].