A 2ND CASE OF HEXASOMY-8 IN MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME

Authors
BEVERSTOCK GC WESSELS HW MOLLEVANGER P DENOTTOLANDER GJ GOTTLIEB DJ
Citation
Gc. Beverstock et al., A 2ND CASE OF HEXASOMY-8 IN MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME, Cancer genetics and cytogenetics, 99(1), 1997, pp. 68-72
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology,"Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Cancer genetics and cytogenetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01654608
Volume
99
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
68 - 72
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-4608(1997)99:1<68:A2COHI>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Tetrasomy 8 is a rare form of acquired aneuploidy found exclusively in the myeloid leukemias. Hexasomy 8 is even rarer: only one case has be en reported, thus far. We describe here the second case of hexosomy 8 as the sole abnormality in an elderly female patient with myelodysplas tic syndrome (MDS). (C) Elsevier Science Inc., 1997.