A case of rhabdomyosarcoma of the bladder with a (2;5) chromosomal translocation in peripheral lymphocytes.
Chromosome analysis was performed on peripheral blood lymphocytes of a patient with rhabdomyosarcoma of the urinary bladder. It showed a reciprocal t(2;5) translocation with the breakpoints at 2q37.3 and 5q31.3. This is the first report of such an anomaly in the peripheral lymphocytes of a patient with rhabdomyosarcoma of the urinary bladder.
Moriyama
M
M
Shuin
T
T
Kubota
Y
Y
Satomi
Y
Y
Sugio
Y
Y
Kuroki
Y
Y
D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002900:Chromosomes, Human, 1-3 / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002905:Chromosomes, Human, 4-5 / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007621:Karyotyping; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009857:Oncogenes; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000235:genetics*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*