title: Unusual findings in two patients with acquired deletions of the long arm of chromosome 5 (5q-).
abstract: Two patients with acquired deletions of the long arm of chromosome 5 (5q-) are presented and discussed. For both, clinical and other laboratory tests are highly atypical of patients with haematological malignancy characterized by 5q-. These unusual presentations of the 5q- anomaly further emphasize the heterogeneity of clinical presentations associated with this acquired chromosomal abnormality.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lishner
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Amato
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chalvardjian
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pantalony
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Dube
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000753:Anemia, Refractory / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy; D001706:Biopsy; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002895:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy