We report the first cytogenetic investigation of a Dupuytren's subungual exostosis. The clonal abnormalities found suggest that at least some of these heterotopic ossifications could be neoplastic in nature, instead of being a purely reactive process or exuberant growth in response to trauma.
Clonal chromosome abnormalities in two chemodectomas
โ Scribed by Yuesheng Jin; Fredrik Mertens; Charlotte Jin; Johan Wennerberg; Nils Mandahl; Sverre Heim; Felix Mitelman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 233 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1045-2257
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โฆ Synopsis
Short-term cultures from two histologically benign chemodectomas, one from the carotid body and one from the vagal nerve, were analyzed cytogenetically. The former had a small abnormal clone with the karyotype 46,XX,t(3; I9)(q2 I ;q I 3),t( 12; IS) (p I 3;q 12-I4), whereas the majority of the cells from the latter tumor displayed two related abnormal clones: 46,XY,i( I )(q lo)/ 46,idem,add(2)(q37). The findings add to the evidence that chemodectomas are heterogeneous neoplasms and suggest that the heterogeneity may possibly be associated with the site of origin.
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