Synonym(s)
HistoryThis section has been translated automatically.
Friedberg Hermann 1867
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
CLOVE is the acronym for a segmental overgrowth syndrome, "PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum" (PROS), and is characterized by the following symptoms: congenital lipomatous overgrowth, vascular malformations, epidermal nevus, skeletal anomalies.
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EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.
This is caused by germline mutations in the mosaic in the PIKA3Ca gene located on chromsome 3q26.32. The gene codes for the PIK3-alpha protein.
Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.
Particularly typical is a trunk-stressed port wine nevus gfls. combined with venous vascular malformations
Congenital circumscribed large growth especially of the feet, which increases in the course of life. Typical is the "sandal gap".
Lipomatosis, lipomas mainly on the trunk.
Bone changes, especially scoliosis.
Possible are asymmetry of the skull, epilepsy, hemimegalencephaly, lack of beams
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Eissing M et al (2019) PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome and Immune Dysregulation. Translated Oncol 12:361-367.
- Pilarski R et al (2019) PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome: A Clinical Overview. Cancers (Basel)11:6
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Pik3ca Gene;Outgoing links (4)
Epidermal nevus (overview); Lipoma (overview); Lipomatosis benign symmetrical (overview); Vascular malformations ;Disclaimer
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