title: Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma with 92,XXYY, +dmin and evidence of spontaneous cell fusion.
abstract: The results of a cytogenetic analysis in an embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma are presented. A tetraploid karyotype with double minute chromosomes (dmin) was identified using a direct method of tumor tissue treatment. In 5% of the examined cells, evidence of spontaneous cell fusion was observed.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Mother and Child Health, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Petković
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dominis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cepulić
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002459:Cell Fusion; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D011123:Polyploidy; D018233:Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology