Cytogenetic study in a bone marrow metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma.
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.
Smadja
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Laboratoire de Recherche en Cytogénétique Hémato-Cancérologique, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France.
de Gramont
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Gonzalez-Canali
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Louvet
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C
Wattel
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E
Krulik
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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