Chromosome changes in a case of hibernoma

P Dal Cin; B Van Damme; M Hoogmartens; H Van Den Berghe

doi:10.1002/gcc.2870050212

Chromosome changes in a case of hibernoma

Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 1992 Sep;5(2):178-80. doi: 10.1002/gcc.2870050212.

Authors

P Dal Cin¹, B Van Damme, M Hoogmartens, H Van Den Berghe

Affiliation

¹ Center for Human Genetics, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Belgium.

PMID: 1381954
DOI: 10.1002/gcc.2870050212

Abstract

Cytogenetic analysis of a rare adipose tissue tumor, hibernoma, a benign proliferation of the brown fat, is presented for the first time. A complex translocation involving bands 1p36, 2q33, 5q22, and 11q13 was found as the sole chromosome abnormality.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
Humans
Karyotyping
Lipoma / genetics*
Male
Middle Aged
Soft Tissue Neoplasms / genetics*
Translocation, Genetic / genetics*