Deletion(2)(p23) abnormality in a case of secondary acute myeloid leukemia

T Ferro; I Krsnik; M Resino; P Cabello; J M García-Sagredo; C San Román

doi:10.1016/0165-4608(93)90241-d

Deletion(2)(p23) abnormality in a case of secondary acute myeloid leukemia

Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 1993 Apr;66(2):126-7. doi: 10.1016/0165-4608(93)90241-d.

Authors

T Ferro¹, I Krsnik, M Resino, P Cabello, J M García-Sagredo, C San Román

Affiliation

¹ Medical Genetics Department, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 8500100
DOI: 10.1016/0165-4608(93)90241-d

Abstract

We report a case of acute myeloid leukemia (M5a of the FAB classification), secondary to the myelodysplastic syndrome, showing a deletion of the short arm of chromosome 2 at p23 in the bone marrow cells. In addition, a duplication of chromosome 13,dup(13)(q12q14) was found.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Chromosome Aberrations / genetics*
Chromosome Deletion*
Chromosome Disorders
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2*
Female
Humans
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / genetics*
Myelodysplastic Syndromes / complications*