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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">CRIM</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Case Reports in Medicine</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">1687-9635</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">1687-9627</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Hindawi</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1155/2018/4319818</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4319818</article-id>
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          <subject>Case Report</subject>
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        <article-title>Diffuse Gastric Ganglioneuromatosis: Novel Presentation of <italic>PTEN</italic> Hamartoma Syndrome&#x2014;Case Report and Review of Gastric Ganglioneuromatous Proliferations and a Novel <italic>PTEN</italic> Gene Mutation</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" id="U73982801">
          <name>
            <surname>Williams</surname>
            <given-names>Alexander J.</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>ajwilliams1@carilionclinic.org</email>
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            <sup>1</sup>
          </xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" id="U41350136">
          <name>
            <surname>Doherty</surname>
            <given-names>Emily S.</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>esdoherty@carilionclinic.org</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="I2">
            <sup>2</sup>
          </xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" id="U92672914">
          <name>
            <surname>Hart</surname>
            <given-names>Michael H.</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>mhhart@carilionclinic.org</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="I2">
            <sup>2</sup>
          </xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" id="U25480564" corresp="yes">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6346-094X</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Grider</surname>
            <given-names>Douglas J.</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>djgrider@carilionclinic.org</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1">
            <sup>1</sup>
          </xref>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="I3">
            <sup>3</sup>
          </xref>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="I4">
            <sup>4</sup>
          </xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="Academic Editor" id="U65082172">
          <name>
            <surname>Leung</surname>
            <given-names>Ting Fan</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="I1">
        <sup>1</sup>
        <addr-line>Carilion Clinic</addr-line>
        <addr-line>Roanoke</addr-line>
        <addr-line>VA</addr-line>
        <country>USA</country>
        <ext-link ext-link-type="domain-name">carilionclinic.org</ext-link>
      </aff>
      <aff id="I2">
        <sup>2</sup>
        <addr-line>Carilion Clinic Children&#x2019;s Hospital</addr-line>
        <addr-line>Roanoke</addr-line>
        <addr-line>VA</addr-line>
        <country>USA</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="I3">
        <sup>3</sup>
        <addr-line>Dominion Pathology Associates</addr-line>
        <addr-line>Roanoke</addr-line>
        <addr-line>VA</addr-line>
        <country>USA</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="I4">
        <sup>4</sup>
        <addr-line>Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine</addr-line>
        <addr-line>Roanoke</addr-line>
        <addr-line>VA</addr-line>
        <country>USA</country>
        <ext-link ext-link-type="domain-name">vt.edu</ext-link>
      </aff>
      <pub-date pub-type="publication-year">
        <year>2018</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="archival-date"><day>25</day><month>3</month><year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
      <volume>2018</volume>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>22</day>
          <month>12</month>
          <year>2017</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>26</day>
          <month>02</month>
          <year>2018</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="pub"><day>25</day><month>3</month><year>2018</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-year>2018</copyright-year>
        <copyright-holder>Copyright &#xa9; 2018 Alexander J. Williams et al.</copyright-holder>
        <license xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
          <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the <ext-link xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution License</ext-link>, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>Gastrointestinal ganglioneuromatous proliferations are rare, most often found in the colon, and are three types: polypoid ganglioneuromas, ganglioneuromatous polyposis, and diffuse ganglioneuromatosis. We present a case of diffuse ganglioneuromatosis in the posterior gastric wall in a nine-year-old female. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of diffuse ganglioneuromatosis located in the stomach. Only six cases of gastric ganglioneuromatous proliferations have previously been reported, two in English and none were diffuse ganglioneuromatosis. A diagnosis of diffuse ganglioneuromatosis is relevant for patient care because, unlike sporadic polypoid ganglioneuromas or ganglioneuromatous polyposis, most are syndromic. Diffuse ganglioneuromatosis is commonly associated with neurofibromatosis type 1, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2b, and Cowden Syndrome, one of the phenotypes of <italic>PTEN</italic> hamartoma tumor syndrome. The patient had the noted gastric diffuse ganglioneuromatosis, as well as other major and minor criteria for Cowden syndrome. Genetic testing revealed a novel frameshift mutation in the <italic>PTEN</italic> gene in the patient, her father, paternal aunt, and the aunt&#x2019;s son who is a paternal first cousin of the patient.</p>
      </abstract>
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