title: Trisomy 8 as the only chromosome change in an epithelioid smooth muscle tumor.
abstract: Epithelioid smooth muscle tumor is a rare low grade malignancy that usually occurs in the gastrointestinal tract. No chromosome studies of this tumor have been reported so far. We found trisomy 8 as the sole chromosome anomaly in a large hepatic epithelioid smooth muscle tumor.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Human Genetics, University of Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dal Cin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: De Wever
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aerts
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van Damme
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Van den Berghe
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D007621:Karyotyping; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000473:pathology; D014314:Trisomy