CARDIAC MYXOMA CHARACTERIZED BY CLONAL TELOMERIC ASSOCIATION

We report on the cytogenetic analysis of a case of cardiac myxoma of t he ''syndrome myxoma'' type, in which clonal telomeric associations be tween chromosomes 13 and 15, as well as nonclonal telomeric associatio ns between chromosomes 12 and 17 and between chromosome 2 and an unide ntified chromosome were observed. Nonclonal structural abnormalities w ere also present. This is the second reported case of cytogenetic abno rmalities of syndrome cardiac myxoma, and the fourth case in which tel omeric associations have been described. (C) 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.