A new case of Turner syndrome associated with multiple myeloma.
A 62-year-old woman with phenotypic stigmata of Turner syndrome and a mosaic cytogenetic pattern, 45,X/45,XX, developed multiple myeloma. The affected cells had a number of karyotypic changes in addition to the loss of the X chromosome.
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Laboratori de Citologia Hematològica, Hospital de l'Esperança, Barcelona, Spain.
Solé
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Besses
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Espinet
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Florensa
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D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000235:genetics*; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000150:complications*