title: Detection of a dup(17q) and inv(16) by fluorescence in situ hybridization in acute myelomonocytic leukemia.
abstract: Two cases of acute myelomonocytic leukemia (AMMoL) of FAB type M4Eo are described in which a primary subclone containing a dup(17)(q21q25) and a subclone containing dup(17)(q21q25), inv(16)(p13q22) were seen in one patient, and -7, dup(17)(q21q25) in another. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was carried out for the confirmation of the duplicated segment and breakpoint of inv(16). Inv(16) is a well known anomaly in AMMoL, whereas dup(17q) is rare though as not yet confirmed, this anomaly could be a nonrandom or novel change in AMMoL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology, Chungnam National University Hospital, DaeJon, Korea.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Im
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007621:Karyotyping; D015479:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged