6. Schwannomatosis
- The phenotype of schwannomatosis overlaps with
NF2, and the first published reports did not appear
until the 1990s
- usually sporadic, sometimes autosomal dominant
(only 15% have a family history)
- characterised by multiple schwannomas (spinal,
cutaneous, cranial) and multiple meningiomas
- caused by mutations in SMARCB1 (discovered
2007) or LZTR1 (discovered 2014), though these
account for less than half of all cases
- associated with inactivation of the NF2 gene in the
tumour but not in the germline
7. Searchable Question (PICo)
P - patients with schwannomatosis and MS
I - disease association
Co - epidemiological or pathophysiological
OR
Population
Interest
Evaluation/Effect
Q: Is there an association between schwannomatosis and
multiple sclerosis?
8. Search Strategy
Goal:
broad search strategy
Sources:
Informal google scholar search
Medline, Embase
Scopus
Reference and Scopus citation check
Include:
all articles; no search function limitations
Exclude:
cases without both diseases
19. Results
1. No articles discussing schwannomatosis and MS
2. There are case reports proposing link between NF1 and MS
• NF1 occurring in MS 6-15 times higher than expected (Etemadifar et al;
Perini et al.)
• interest is in oligodendrocyte-myelin glycoprotein (OMgp), a membrane
glycoprotein. Possible target antigen in autoimmune demyelinating
disease
• however, OMgp mutation shown to be neither sufficient nor necessary for
the development of MS (Johnson et al.)
3. 1 case report of NF2 and MS … no evidence that there is a genetic
relationship between the two
20. Conclusions
• No previous cases of schwannomatosis and MS in the same patient
described.
• The association between NF1 and MS is interesting, but it may not have
pathogenetic significance
21. References
Louis DN, Ohgaki H, Wiestler OD, et al. (2016) World Health Organization
classification of tumours of the central nervous system. International Agency for
Research on Cancer, Lyon
Etemadifar M, Fatehi F, Sahraian MA, et al. Multiple sclerosis and neurofibromatosis
type 1: report of seven patients from Iran. Mult Scler. 2009;15:1126-30.
Perini P, Gallo P. The range of multiple sclerosis associated with neurofibromatosis
type 1. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2001;71:679-81.
Johnson MR, Ferner RE, Bobrow M, et al. Detailed analysis of the oligodendrocyte
myelin glycoprotein gene in four patients with neurofibromatosis 1 and primary
progressive multiple sclerosis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2000;68:643-6.
Editor's Notes
41 male
Dx relapsing remitting MS in 2003
interferon beta 1a; fingolimod; peg interferon beta 1a
2004 he was told he had NF due to multiple lesions in his right forearm
painful, mobile 5-20mm in size
no family hx of NF
41 male
Dx relapsing remitting MS in 2003
interferon beta 1a; fingolimod; peg interferon beta 1a
2004 he was told he had NF due to multiple lesions in his right forearm
painful, mobile 5-20mm in size
no family hx of NF
41 male
Dx relapsing remitting MS in 2003
interferon beta 1a; fingolimod; peg interferon beta 1a
2004 he was told he had NF due to multiple lesions in his right forearm
painful, mobile 5-20mm in size
no family hx of NF
incidence: 1 case per 40 000-80 000
2011 International Schwannomatosis Workshop (before LZRT1 discovered)
LOH - loss of heterozygosity
NF2 - codes for merlin (22q.12). It’s a tumour suppressor gene; germline mutation caused NF2; sporadic causes individual tumours.
(both on 22q.11)
SMARCB1gene in 40–50% of familial and less than 10% of sporadic cases of schwannomatosis
SMARCB1 mutation-positive schwannomas, the deletions always involved loss of one copy of chromosome 22
Better for qualitative research rather than quantitative research
(Curtin uni or Toronto)
Population; Interest; Context (rather than comparison) (e.g. Africa etc.)
Population; Interest; Evaluation/Effect
Medline and Scopus
Note - not many schwannomatosis results
How broad to go with MS?
Exploded tree
45000 without exploding, 50000 after
neurilemmomatosis not included
multiple sclerosis includes the terms that required exploding in medline
more than double the number
Reasons for exclusion:
case reports of MS and schwannoma
peripheral tumour mimicking MS
>20 cases before the 80s without abstracts “nystagmus”
imaging studies (e.g. posterior fossa MRI; VEP)
symptom/sign review “current perspectives on tinnitus”
Exploded function includes NF1 and NF2
Whilst no schwannomatosis papers, 12 papers on NF1 and MS
Running the same search on emboss found 1 case report on NF2 and MS
OMgp gene is on NF1 gene 17q.11
Alternatively, in NF1 abnormal exposure to peripheral myelin may activate an autoimmune response against CNS myelin
Or, NF1s tumour suppressor effect also exerts action on immune cells, and a mutation leads to autoimmune response
Based on local population prevalence estimates in iran, italy
Johnson - sequenced the OMgp gene in 4 patients with NF1 and MS, showed that MS could occur in NF without OMgp mutation
Merits documentation in the literature
Relatively new condition, and still further genetic causes to be found