G. Belge et al., DELETIONS OF THE SHORT ARM OF CHROMOSOME-2 CHARACTERIZE A NEW CYTOGENETIC SUBGROUP OF BENIGN THYROID-TUMORS, Genes, chromosomes & cancer, 16(2), 1996, pp. 149-151
Cytogenetic studies of thyroid hyperplasias and adenomas have shown th
at besides cases with an apparently normal karyotype different groups
of cytogenetic abnormalities exist. Herein we describe the cytogenetic
analyses of two benign thyroid tumors with deletions of the short arm
of chromosome 2. A similar case has been described previously. Beside
s the previously well-established subgroups, alterations of chromosome
2 may thus characterize a new cytogenetic subgroup of benign thyroid
tumors. (C) 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.