title: Cytogenetic study in a bone marrow metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma.
abstract: We report an additional cytogenetic study of a metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma. Even though the cells analyzed were from a metastatic lesion, chromosomal abnormalities were not complex. Similarities between cytogenetic findings described in small-cell lung carcinoma and the present case are observed. However, further studies are needed to define the relationship between these two neuroendocrine small-cell malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Recherche en Cytogénétique Hémato-Cancérologique, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Smadja
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Gramont
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Canali
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Louvet
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wattel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krulik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D011003:Ploidies; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology