title: Pentasomy 8 in pediatric myelodysplastic syndrome.
abstract: Myelodysplastic syndrome developed in a 2-year-old child with the karyotype revealing the presence of pentasomy 8. The significance of the coexistence of pentasomy 8, tetrasomy 8, and trisomy 8 detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization in his marrow is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology-Oncology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: S Q
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000782:Aneuploidy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000235:genetics*