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Table 3 The spectrum and percentile distribution of somatic NF1 micro-lesions reported in different NF1-associated tumours

From: Neurofibromatosis type 1-associated tumours: Their somatic mutational spectrum and pathogenesis

Tumour type

Mutation type

 

Deletion

Insertion

Indel

Nonsense

Splice site

Missense

Truncating

Total

Dermal neurofibroma

82 (39%)

15 (7%)

2 (1%)

59 (28%)

32 (15%)

21 (10%)

158 (75%)

211

Plexiform neurofibroma

6 (33%)

1 (6%)

-

7 (39%)

2 (11%)

2 (11%)

14 (78%)

18

Spinal neurofibroma

-

-

-

-

2 (66%)

1 (33%)

0

3

MPNST

7 (70%)

1 (10%)

1 (10%)

1 (10%)

-

-

10 (100%)

10

GIST/gastric carcinoid

1 (20%)

-

-

3 (60%)

1 (20%)

-

4 (80%)

5

JMML*

*

*

*

1 (100%)

*

*

1 (100%)

1

Glomus tumour

2 (33%)

1 (17%)

-

1 (17%)

2 (33%)

-

4 (67%)

6

Overall

98 (39%)

18 (7%)

3 (1%)

72 (28%)

39 (15%)

24 (9%)

191 (75%)

254

  1. * Compound heterozygosity of NF1 mutations in several JMML tumours cases meant it was not possible to distinguish between associated germline and somatic NF1 mutations.