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Jan 26, 2015

Gonadal tumor in Frasier syndrome: a review and classification.

Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  • Tatsuo Asano

Volume
8
Number
4
First page
271
Last page
276
Language
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1158/1940-6207.capr-14-0415, 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-14-0415
Publisher
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

Frasier syndrome is a rare inherited disease characterized by steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome, gonadal tumor, and male pseudohermaphroditism (female external genitalia with sex chromosomes XY), which is based on a splice site mutation of Wilms tumor-suppressor gene 1 (WT1). Several unusual Frasier syndrome cases have been reported in which male pseudohermaphroditism was absent. We reviewed 88 Frasier syndrome cases in the literature and classified them into three types (type 1-3) according to external genitalia and sex chromosomes, and described their clinical phenotypes. Type 1 Frasier syndrome is characterized by female external genitalia with 46,XY (n = 72); type 2 by male external genitalia with 46,XY (n = 8); and type 3 by female external genitalia with 46,XX (n = 8). Clinical course differs markedly among the types. Although type 1 is noticed at the mean age of 16 due to mainly primary amenorrhea, type 2 and 3 do not present delayed secondary sex characteristics, making diagnosis difficult. The prevalence of gonadal tumor is high in type 1 (67%) and also found in 3 of the 8 type 2 cases, but not in any type 3 cases, which emphasize that preventive gonadectomy is unnecessary in type 3. On the basis of our findings, we propose a new diagnostic algorithm for Frasier syndrome.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1158/1940-6207.capr-14-0415
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-14-0415
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25623218
URL
https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-14-0415
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  • DOI : 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-14-0415
  • DOI : 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-14-0415
  • ISSN : 1940-6207
  • eISSN : 1940-6215
  • ORCID - Put Code : 76402958
  • Pubmed ID : 25623218

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