Table 2.
Tumor risk in GS patients: main series from the literature
| Shanley [22] Australia |
Kimosis [9] USA |
Endo [10] Japan |
Evans [4] UK |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of patients | 118 | 105 | 157 | 182 | ||
| Variant identified |
PTCH 126 |
SUFU 9 |
None 47 |
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| Median age at last follow-up | 35 | 34.5 | 33.1 | 45 | 42 | 47 |
| BCC* | 90 (75%) | 71 (80%) | 56 (37.8%) | 61 (48%) | 4 (44%) | 21 (45%) |
| KCOT | 85/113 (75%) | 78 (81%) | 136 (86%) | 79 (47%) | 0 (0%) | 16 (31%) |
| Medulloblastoma | 1 (0.8%) | 4 (4%) | 4/120 (3%) | 3 (2%) | 3 (33%) | 0 |
| Meningioma | 1 (0.8%) | 2/42 (5%) | 0 | 2 (22%) | 2 (1.6%) | |
| Ovarian fibroma | 9/63 (14%) | 9/52 (17%) | 5/40 (12%) | 4 (6%) | 3 (43%) | 4 (15%) |
| Cardiac fibroma | 2/95 (2%) | 2 (1%) | 0 | 0 | ||
BCC Basal cell carcinomas. The definition varied according to authors: all BCC for Kimosis and Endo, > 10 BCC for Evans, multiple or before age 20 for Shanley
KCOT Keratocystic odontogenic tumors