title: Cytogenetic profile of a thymoma. A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Cytogenetic analysis of mixed lymphocyte and epithelial thymoma in a nonmyasthenic female patient revealed deletion of part of the short arm of chromosome 6. To our knowledge, this cytogenetic abnormality in a benign thymoma has not been previously described in the literature, which is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT 06810, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mirza
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Kazimi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ligi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Braza
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D020732:Cytogenetic Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013945:Thymoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology