Multiple clonal chromosome aberrations in two thymomas.
Cytogenetic investigations of two thymomas of different histopathology revealed unrelated clonal karyotypic changes: 44,XY,+X,inv(2)(p25q13),del(6)(q15),-8,-16,-17 in a cortical thymoma, and 48-49,XX,+del(X)(q24),+i(5p),+?del(7)(q22),der(11)t(1;11)(q23;q25),t(11; ?)(p15;?),-18,+r in a mixed-type thymoma. These are the first thymic tumors of epithelial origin that have been investigated with banding technique.
Kristoffersson
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Department of Clinical Genetics, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
Heim
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Mandahl
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N
Akerman
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Mitelman
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F
D000368:Aged; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D013945:Thymoma / Q000235:genetics*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*