BRCA1 gene mutation in thymic malignant melanoma

Eun Jue Yi; Jong Ho Park; Hae Won Lee; Soo Youn Cho; Im Il Na; Moon Chul Kang

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.017

BRCA1 gene mutation in thymic malignant melanoma

Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Aug;96(2):677-80. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.017.

Authors

Eun Jue Yi¹, Jong Ho Park, Hae Won Lee, Soo Youn Cho, Im Il Na, Moon Chul Kang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

PMID: 23910109
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.017

Abstract

We present a patient with triple primary malignancies: thyroid cancer, ovarian cancer, and thymic malignant melanoma. We suspected that gene mutations were involved in the occurrence of these multiple primary cancers, and blood analysis revealed the presence of BRCA1 gene mutations.

Keywords: 13.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Female
Genes, BRCA2*
Humans
Melanoma / genetics*
Middle Aged
Mutation*
Thymus Neoplasms / genetics*