A novel KIF5B-ALK fusion in a child with an atypical central nervous system inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour

BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Oct 21:2018:bcr2018226431. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-226431.
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Keywords: Neurooncology; Paediatric Oncology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase / genetics*
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / pathology
  • Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Diseases / genetics*
  • Brain Diseases / pathology
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / genetics*
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / pathology
  • Humans
  • Kinesins / genetics*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Myofibroblasts / pathology
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / genetics*

Substances

  • KIF5B protein, human
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion
  • ALK protein, human
  • Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
  • Kinesins