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Table 1 Clinical and genomic features in hereditary tumors linked with adrenal tumor

From: Current prospects of hereditary adrenal tumors: towards better clinical management

Hereditary tumor

Relevant adrenal tumor

Causative gene

Mode of inheritance

Incidence of respective syndrome

Median onset of adrenal tumor

Percentage of patients who were diagnosed with adrenal tumor among hereditary syndrome individuals

Genotype/phenotype relationship

References

LFS

ACC

TP53

Autosomal dominant

1: 5,000-20,000

3 years

13% (27% in children cohort; 3% in adult cohort)

Yes

[5, 6]

LS

ACC

MMR genes (MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, and PMS2)

Autosomal dominant

1: 660-2,000

64 years

0.5%

Unknown

[7]

FAP

ACC

APC

Autosomal dominant

1: 8,000-18,000

NA

NA

Unknown

[8]

BWS

ACC

Defects on chromosome 11p15.5

Not applicable

1: 13,700

10 months

0.3%

Unknown

[9]

MEN2

PPGL

RET

Autosomal dominant

1: 35,000

39 years

37%

Yes

[10]

VHL

PPGL

VHL

Autosomal dominant

1: 36,000–91,000

27 years (mean)

19%

Yes

[11, 12]

NF1

PPGL

NF1

Autosomal dominant

1: 2,500-3,000

41 years; 42 years

3%

Unknown

[13, 14]

  1. LFS Li-Fraumeni syndrome: LS Lynch syndrome: FAP familial adenomatous polyposis: BWS Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: MEN2 multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2: VHL von Hippel-Lindau disease
  2. NF1 Neurofibromatosis type 1: ACC adrenocortical carcinoma: PPGL pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma: NA not available