The deletion of 22q13 region in both intracranial and spinal meningiomas in a patient (case report).
We present a 69 year old man with two simultaneous meningiomas in different compartment of neural axis, in both of which 22q13 locus is lost. Histologically the two tumours appeared to be different; meningotheliomatous and transitional with psammoma bodies, respectively. No numerical or structural chromosome abnormalities were seen in karyotype analysis of the cultured spinal and cranial meningioma samples. Since long arm structural aberrations and/or whole loss of chromosome 22 are frequently reported abnormalities of meningiomas, the tumours were also analysed by fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) with different colour-labelled probes in respect to relevant chromosome. The metaphases and interphase nuclei of the samples were evaluated by the combined biotinylated 22q11 and digoxigenin-labelled 22q13 locus specific FISH probes, and 22q13 deletion was revealed in both of spinal and cranial tumour cells. In conclusion, since both tumours from the presented case show the same genetic alterations, multiplicity may be derived from the same clone of cells, and support the theory of development of multiple meningiomas from the spreading of tumour cells via cerebrospinal fluid as a possible mechanism.
Durmaz
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Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty of Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey. rdurmaz@ogu.edu.tr
Arslantaş
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Artan
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Ozon
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YH
Işiksoy
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S
Başaran
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Tel
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E
D000368:Aged; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002892:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22 / Q000235:genetics*; D015342:DNA Probes; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008579:Meningioma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000235:genetics; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000235:genetics*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology
D015342:DNA Probes