Metachronous T-Lymphoblastic Lymphoma and Burkitt Lymphoma in a Child With Constitutional Mismatch Repair Deficiency Syndrome

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016 Aug;63(8):1454-6. doi: 10.1002/pbc.25989. Epub 2016 Apr 1.

Abstract

Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency (CMMRD) is a cancer predisposition syndrome associated with a high risk of developing early-onset malignancies of the blood, brain, and intestinal tract. We present the case of a patient with T-lymphoblastic lymphoma at the age of 3 years, followed by Burkitt lymphoma 10 years later. This patient also exhibited numerous nonmalignant findings including café au lait spots, lipomas, bilateral renal nodules, a nonossifying fibroma, multiple colonic adenomas, and a rapidly enlarging pilomatrixoma. The spectrum of malignant and nonmalignant neoplasms in this patient highlights the remarkable diversity, and early onset, of lesions seen in children with CMMRD.

Keywords: hereditary; lymphoma; oncology; predisposition.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Brain Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Burkitt Lymphoma / genetics*
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / genetics*
  • Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary / genetics*
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / genetics*

Supplementary concepts

  • Turcot syndrome