Trisomy 13 in a case of myelodysplastic syndrome.
The clinical and cytogenetic findings of a patient with refractory anemia with excess of blasts are presented. Trisomy 13 was present as the sole numerical aberration in all analyzed bone marrow metaphases; this finding has not been reported previously in myelodysblastic syndrome.
Limon
J
J
Department of Biology and Genetics, Medical Academy, Gdańsk, Poland.
Baran
W
W
Babińska
M
M
Hellmann
A
A
D000368:Aged; D000754:Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts / Q000235:genetics*; D002882:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014314:Trisomy