title: Cytogenetic findings in an embryonal sarcoma of the liver.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Genetics, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iliszko
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Czauderna
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Babińska
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stoba
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roszkiewicz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Limon
mesh_terms: 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