Cytogenetic findings in an embryonal sarcoma of the liver.
An undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma (malignant mesenchymoma) of the liver from a 5-year-old girl was found to have near-triploid and near-hexaploid clones with several chromosomal rearrangements. This is the first description of the chromosomal changes in this tumor type.
Iliszko
M
M
Department of Biology and Genetics, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland.
Czauderna
P
P
Babińska
M
M
Stoba
C
C
Roszkiewicz
A
A
Limon
J
J
D000782:Aneuploidy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology