Low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma. a further low-grade soft tissue malignancy characterized by a ring chromosome

Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2000 Oct 15;122(2):144-8. doi: 10.1016/s0165-4608(00)00288-0.

Abstract

Supernumerary rings in the context of a simple karyotype characterize several low-grade malignant tumors of soft tissue and bone. Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma is an uncommon low-grade sarcoma, the cytogenetics of which has not yet been reported. Here we describe the first molecular-cytogenetic characterization of a pulmonary metastasis of low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma. The histology of the primary and recurrent tumors was consistent with the diagnosis of low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma of the usual type, whereas the pulmonary metastasis was of the "giant rosettes" variant. Cytogenetic analysis revealed a ring chromosome. Because gain of material of chromosomes 7 and 16 was detected by CGH, the ring chromosome is assumed to be composed of material from these respective chromosomes.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blotting, Southern
  • Chromosome Aberrations
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16 / genetics
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7 / genetics
  • DNA, Neoplasm / genetics
  • Female
  • Fibrosarcoma / genetics*
  • Fibrosarcoma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization
  • Ring Chromosomes*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • DNA, Neoplasm