Further case of enlarged spinal nerve roots in KRAS-related Noonan syndrome.
Chiara LeoniGermana ViscogliosiRoberta OnesimoTommaso VerdolottiTommaso BiaginiTommaso MazzaAlessandro De LucaLucrezia PerriValentina TrevisanElisabetta FlexTartaglia MarcoGiuseppe ZampinoPublished in: Clinical genetics (2023)
Noonan syndrome (NS) belongs to RASopathies, a family of disorders caused by unregulated signaling through the RAS-MAPK pathway. Herein, we report on an individual with molecularly confirmed diagnosis of NS showing asymptomatic enlarged spinal nerve roots, which are distinctive features of neurofibromatosis type 1. To date, a total of 16 patients with neurogenic tumors resembling neurofibromas/schwannomas and a molecularly confirmed diagnosis of a non-NF1 RASopathy have been reported, adding this further feature shared among RASopathies.