A 14-year-old male presented with a T4 sigmoid adenocarcinoma, <10 colonic adenomas and multiple caf?-au-lait macules. Family history was not suggestive of a dominant hereditary form of colorectal cancer. Evaluation of the tumor revealed abnormal immunohistochemical staining of the PMS2 protein and high frequency microsatellite instability. Germline analysis identified biallelic PMS2 missense mutations. A new cancer syndrome caused by biallelic mutations in the mismatch repair genes, including PMS2, is now emerging and is characterized by caf?-au-lait macules, colonic polyps and a distinctive tumor spectrum.
Adenosine Triphosphatases Adolescent