David Bruna Bianca Lopes, Silva Sávio Solon Alves, Dinoa Vanessa, Diniz Tadeu, Pereira Emilio, Bustamante Carolina, Garicochea Bernardo
Medical Oncology Department, Oncoclinicas Group, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Clinical Research Department, National Cancer Institute (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Case Rep Oncol Med. 2024 Dec 19;2024:6640468. doi: 10.1155/crom/6640468. eCollection 2024.
Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is one of the most common hereditary cancer predisposition syndromes in Brazil. The high frequency of the syndrome is due to a founding variant (R337H) in the country. LFS is characterized by a wide variety of malignant phenotypes. Despite the great epidemiological importance of the R337H variant, the frequency of other types of pathogenic variants is like other populations, with the majority of these being missense variants. There is strong evidence that radiotherapy is associated with secondary sarcomas, including angiosarcomas, and this finding is especially true for LFS patients. Angiosarcoma is not described as overrepresented in individuals with LFS, except in patients submitted to radiotherapy. Germline testing in all breast cancer patients under 65 will reveal many germline mutations in TP53 without a family history of cancers associated with the syndrome. We present a case of a previously undescribed pathogenic variant in TP53 (c788del, pAns263llefs82) in a patient with no family history of cancer, with a previous diagnosis of breast carcinoma treated with radiotherapy, who developed angiosarcoma after a few years leading to germline testing. The presence of angiosarcoma in a radiotherapy bed should raise suspicion for LFS. The recent recommendation of testing breast cancer patients under the age of 65, even without any family history, can be a source of discoveries of new mutations and assist in therapeutic decisions.
李-佛美尼综合征(LFS)是巴西最常见的遗传性癌症易感综合征之一。该综合征在巴西的高发病率归因于一个奠基性变异(R337H)。LFS的特征是具有多种恶性表型。尽管R337H变异在流行病学上具有重要意义,但其他类型致病变异的频率与其他人群相似,其中大多数为错义变异。有强有力的证据表明放疗与继发性肉瘤相关,包括血管肉瘤,这一发现对于LFS患者尤为如此。除接受放疗的患者外,血管肉瘤在LFS患者中并未被描述为过度出现。对所有65岁以下的乳腺癌患者进行胚系检测将发现许多TP53基因的胚系突变,而这些患者并无与该综合征相关的癌症家族史。我们报告一例患者,其TP53基因存在一个此前未被描述的致病变异(c788del,pAns263llefs82),该患者无癌症家族史,曾被诊断为乳腺癌并接受放疗,数年后发生血管肉瘤,随后进行了胚系检测。放疗部位出现血管肉瘤应引起对LFS的怀疑。最近建议对65岁以下的乳腺癌患者进行检测,即使没有任何家族史,这可能会发现新的突变,并有助于治疗决策。