Trisomy for chromosome 1q in a pontine astrocytoma.
Reports of single chromosome abnormalities in pediatric brain tumors are rare. We report a 6-year-old patient with a malignant astrocytoma who had trisomy for the long arm of chromosome 1 as the sole chromosome abnormality.
Sawyer
J R
JR
Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock.
Roloson
G J
GJ
Hobson
E A
EA
Goosen
L S
LS
Chadduck
W M
WM
D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology*; D014314:Trisomy