Germline Mutation in KIF1Bβ Gene Associated with Loss of Heterozygosity: Usefulness of Next-Generation Sequencing in the Genetic Screening of Patients with Pheochromocytoma
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of patients with nonmutated pheochromocytoma used for electron microscopy analysis.
Wt tumors
Age at diagnosis (years)
Sex (F/M)
PHEO/PGL
Secretion (A/NA)
Metastatic (yes/no)
Wt1
39
F
Right PHEO
A
No
Wt2
69
F
Left PHEO
NA
No
Wt3
52
F
Right PHEO
NA
No
Wt: wild-type; F: female; M: male; A: adrenergic; NA: noradrenergic (according to Eisenhofer et al. 2011) [22, 23].
