Monosomy 22 in a fibrothecoma.
We found a 45,XX, -22 karyotype as the sole chromosome change in a fibrothecoma of a 67-year-old woman. These cytogenetic findings are discussed in the light of relevant cytogenetic and pathology literature data on ovarian sex cord tumors.
Dal Cin
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Center for Human Genetics, University of Leuven, Belgium.
Qi
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Pauwels
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Backx
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Van den Berghe
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D000368:Aged; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002892:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22 / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006106:Granulosa Cell Tumor / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009006:Monosomy; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology