title: Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma with 100 chromosomes but no structural aberrations.
abstract: An embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma was analyzed cytogenetically after short-term culturing. The tumor was located in the scrotum of an 18-year-old man who, at the age of 4, had been treated for a rhabdomyosarcoma in the orbita. The chromosome number was 100. No structural aberrations were present. There were 2-7 copies of each chromosome type with particular excess of chromosomes 8, 12, and 22, and a relative deficit of chromosome 15.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Genetics, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Olegård
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mandahl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heim
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Willén
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Leifsson
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mitelman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology*