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. 2021 Sep 25;3(4):fcab222. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcab222

Box 1.

‘Brain only’ versus multisystem mTORopathies

‘Brain only’ mTORopathies
  • GATOR1-related focal epilepsies (germline DEPDC5, NPLR2 and NPRL3)

  • Focal cortical dysplasia type II (somatic MTOR, AKT3, PIK3CA and RHEB)

  • Hemimegalencephaly (somatic MTOR, AKT3, PIK3CA, RHEB and PTEN)

  • Infantile-onset developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (germline SZT2 and KPTN)a

Multisystem mTORopathies
  • Tuberous sclerosis complex (germline and somatic TSC1 and TSC2)

  • Smith–Kingsmore syndrome (germline and somatic MTOR)a

    • Dysmorphic facial features, intellectual disability, herniae, hypomelanosis, small thorax

  • Polyhydramnios, megalencephaly, and symptomatic epilepsy (germline STRADA)a

    • Polyhydramnios, facial dysmorphism, intellectual disability, skeletal deformity, cardiac anomalies

  • Megalencephaly capillary malformation syndrome (germline and somatic PIK3CA)a

    • Cutaneous vascular malformations, intellectual disability, digital abnormalities, cardiac anomalies

  • Megalencephaly Polymicrogyria-Polydactyly Hydrocephalus (germline AKT3 and PIK3R2)a

    • Intellectual disability, postaxial polydactyly, facial dysmorphism

  • Proteus syndrome (somatic AKT1)a

    • Patchy or segmental overgrowth and hyperplasia of multiple tissues

  • Bannayan–Riley–Ruvalcaba syndrome (germline PTEN)a

    • Childhood onset, macrocephaly, lipomas, hamartomas, intellectual disability

  • Cowden syndrome (germline PTEN)a

    • Adult onset, multiple hamartomas, increased cancer risk, Lhermitte-Duclos disease, macrocephaly

  • CLOVES syndrome (somatic PIK3CA)a

    • Lipomatous overgrowth, lymphatic malformations, vascular malformations, skeletal anomalies

  • TBC1D7-related macrocephaly (germline TBC1D7)a

    • Patellar dislocation, osteoarticular anomalies, coeliac disease, intellectual disability

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Very rare mTORopathies.