title: A novel t(2;3)(q31;p13) in acute myelocytic leukemia.
abstract: We report a case of acute myelocytic leukemia without maturation exhibiting a novel t(2;3)(q31;p13). Conventional cytogenetics showed the concomitant occurrence of a single metaphase with 47,XX,+8. Nevertheless, interphase cytogenetics by fluorescence in situ hybridization using a chromosome 8 alpha-satellite DNA probe showed that the percentage of cells with three hybridization signals was within the control range.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, SAR, Hong Kong, China. kfwong@ha.org.hk
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: So
mesh_terms: D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2 / Q000235:genetics*; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3 / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014178:Translocation, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*