A case of Brooke-Spiegler syndrome with a novel germline deep intronic mutation in the CYLD gene leading to intronic exonization, diverse somatic mutations, and unusual histology

Am J Dermatopathol. 2009 Oct;31(7):664-73. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181a05dad.

Abstract

We present a case of Brooke-Spiegler syndrome with a germline deep intronic mutation in the CYLD gene leading to intronic exonization. Additionally, diverse somatic mutations were identified, namely loss of heterozygosity, a recurrent nonsense mutation, and a sequence mutation causing exon skipping. These somatic aberrations were identified in 4 different cylindromas that had been removed from the patient. Additionally, we microscopically studied a spiradenocylindroma that showed unusual histology, including foci of follicular differentiation. A deep intronic mutation resulting in exonization and a somatic sequence mutations causing exon skipping are hitherto unreported genetic mechanisms involving the CYLD gene in patients with Brooke-Spiegler syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / genetics*
  • Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / pathology*
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Deubiquitinating Enzyme CYLD
  • Exons / genetics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Introns / genetics
  • Loss of Heterozygosity
  • Middle Aged
  • Mutation
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Skin Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Syndrome
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins / genetics*

Substances

  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins
  • CYLD protein, human
  • Deubiquitinating Enzyme CYLD