Trisomy 5 and loss of the Y chromosome as the sole cytogenetic anomalies in a cavernous hemangioma/angiosarcoma
✍ Scribed by Dr. Nils Mandahl; Yuesheng Jin; Sverre Heim; Helena Willén; Johan Wennerberg; Anders Biörklund; Felix Mitelman
- Book ID
- 102220762
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 289 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1045-2257
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✦ Synopsis
Cytogenetic analysis of a cavernous hemangioma with transition to angiosarcoma revealed the mosaic karyotype 47,XY,+ 5/46,X, -Y ,+ 5/45,X, -Y/46,XY. No cytogenetically analyzed hemangiomas or angiosarcomas have been reported before.
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