title: Cytogenetic subtype involving chromosome 13 in lipoma. Report of three cases.
abstract: We report three lipomas with rearrangements of chromosome 13. The karyotype of the tumors studied were 45,XX,-8,+der(8)t(8;13)(q22;q12),del(10)(p12),-13; 46,XY,del(13)(q12q22), and 46,XY,t(11;12)(q23;q13),del(13)(q12q22), respectively, revealing common involvement of band 13q12 in the rearrangement. Three other lipomas with aberrations of bands 13q12-q13 have been reported, suggesting that such tumors with abnormalities of chromosome 13 could represent a subgroup of lipoma in addition to those already reported with abnormalities of chromosomes 12q and 6p. The rearrangements of #13 in all these cases also involved loss of the band 13q14 to which the antioncogene associated with retinoblastoma and osteosarcoma is localized. Detailed clinical, histopathologic, and molecular studies should help to further characterize the various cytogenetically defined subgroups of lipoma.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Center of Southwest Biomedical Research Institute, Scottsdale, Arizona.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sreekantaiah
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Karakousis
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Leong
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sandberg
mesh_terms: D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002882:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008067:Lipoma / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers