A mutation of the succinate dehydrogenase B gene in a Korean family with paraganglioma

Borum Sagong, Young Joon Seo, Hyun Jin Lee, Mi Joo Kim, Un Kyung Kim, In Seok Moon

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Abstract

Familial paraganglioma (PGL) is a dominantly inherited disorder characterized by development of PGLs in the head and neck region. Germline mutations in genes coding for succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) subunits D, B, and C (SDHD, SDHB, SDHC) are found in almost all familial PGL patients. A 19-year-old female presented with pulsatile tinnitus and a reddish pulsating mass in the external auditory canal, and her mother complained of similar symptoms. Paraganglioma was found in both patients and was surgically removed. We report a case of germline SDHB mutation. This mutation was a deletion of thymine at nucleotide position 757 in exon 7 of the SDHB gene (c.757delT).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)601-606
Number of pages6
JournalFamilial Cancer
Volume15
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2016

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Keywords

  • Germ-line mutation
  • Paraganglioma
  • Succinate dehydrogenase

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