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The rhabdoid tumor predisposition syndrome is an autosomal dominant cancer syndrome predisposing to renal or extrarenal malignant rhabdoid tumors and to a variety of tumors of the central nervous system, including choroid plexus carcinoma, medulloblastoma, and central primitive neuroectodermal tumors (Sevenet et al., 1999). Rhabdoid tumors are a highly malignant group of neoplasms that usually occur in children less than 2 years of age. Malignant rhabdoid tumors (MRTs) of the kidney were first described as a sarcomatous variant of Wilms tumors (Beckwith and Palmer, 1978). Later, extrarenal rhabdoid tumor was reported in numerous locations, including the central nervous system (CNS) (Parham et al., 1994). Classification has been difficult because of considerable variation in the histologic and immunologic characteristics within and between rhabdoid tumors of the liver, soft tissues, and CNS. In the CNS, rhabdoid tumors may be pure rhabdoid tumors or a variant that has been designated atypical teratoid tumor (AT/RT). Genetic Heterogeneity of Rhabdoid Tumor Predisposition Syndrome See also RTPS2 (613325), caused by germline mutation in the SMARCA4 gene (603254) on chromosome 19p13. [from OMIM]

Adrenocortical carcinoma (ADCC) is a rare but aggressive childhood tumor, representing about 0.4% of childhood tumors, with a high incidence of associated tumors. ADCC occurs with increased frequency in patients with the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (130650) and is a component tumor in Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS; 151623). [from OMIM]

Intraventricular papillary neoplasm derived from choroid plexus epithelium. Plexus tumors are most common in the lateral and fourth ventricles; while 80% of lateral ventricle tumors present in children, fourth ventricle tumors are evenly distributed in all age groups. Clinically, choroid plexus tumors tend to cause hydrocephalus and increased intracranial pressure. Histologically, choroid plexus papillomas correspond to WHO grade I, choroid plexus carcinomas to WHO grade III. [from HPO]