title: Interstitial deletion of 8(q13q22) in diffuse large B-cell gastric lymphoma.
abstract: An interstitial deletion in the long arm of chromosome 8 as the sole structural anomaly was detected in a primary gastric diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, high-grade mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) type, from a 74-year-old man. Low-grade MALT lymphoma was not seen in the sections submitted for examination. Helicobactor pylori organisms were found in a biopsy performed prior to resection of the tumor. The karyotype was described as 45, X,-Y,del(8)(q13q22). No rearrangement between chromosome 8 and others was detected with fluorescence in situ hybridization using a whole chromosome 8 painting probe. Fluorescence in situ hybridization with the C-MYC gene showed its normal location at 8q24 on both chromosomes 8 without rearrangement. Amplification of C-MYC was not detected in interphase cells. Deletion of 8q may represent a unique genomic alteration in this particular subtype of primary gastric lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rizkalla
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Engel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007621:Karyotyping; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008677:Metaphase; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*