title: Nonendemic Burkitt's lymphoma with complex chromosome abnormalities involving chromosomes 2 and 8.
abstract: A long surviving patient with nonendemic Burkitt's lymphoma and complex cytogenetic findings is presented. Chromosome abnormalities were seen as a minor clone in peripheral blood and were considered consistent with the t(2;8)(p12;q24) variant. The karyotype was 47,XY, -2, -8, + der2(8qter-8q24::2p12-2qter), + der8(8pter-8q23::2p12-2pter) + der8(8qter-8cen::1q21-1qter). This case illustrates the value of extensive chromosome analysis in hematologic disorders and, at the time of writing, is the first example in Britain of the t(2;8) variant in Burkitt's lymphoma.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics*; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002900:Chromosomes, Human, 1-3; D002906:Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D014178:Translocation, Genetic