title: Two cases of t(1;16)(p11;p11) in multiple myeloma: confirmation by chromosome painting.
abstract: Two patients with multiple myeloma and an unbalanced translocation, t(1;16)(p11;p11), are reported. The fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique was used in one patient to confirm the translocation. To our knowledge, t(1;16)(p36;q13) and t(1;16)(q21;p13), but not t(1;16)(p11;p11), had been reported previously in multiple myeloma. Our results suggest that FISH is useful to characterize structural abnormalities and identify marker chromosomes in multiple myeloma where analysis with conventional cytogenetics is often difficult.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génétique Humaine et Pathologie Foetale, Faculté de Médecine, C.H.R.U., Lille, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Flactif
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Laï
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zandecki
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bernardi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Trillot
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bauters
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Facon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D002885:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000235:genetics*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic