Cytogenetic analysis and fluorescence in situ hybridization in a case of IgD multiple myeloma

Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 1998 Sep;105(2):172-6. doi: 10.1016/s0165-4608(98)00025-9.

Abstract

Immunoglobulin D multiple myeloma (IgD MM) is a subentity of MM occurring in fewer than 2% of patients with distinct clinical pattern, dismal prognosis, and very little information about genetic abnormalities. The karyotype and the results of fluorescent interphase in situ hybridization analysis of a 62-year-old female patient with IgD MM are presented and show a complex hypodiploid karyotype with loss of an X chromosome and monosomy 13--very well known adverse prognostic factors in MM--but, in addition, several deletions of chromosomes 1, 6, 11, and 12, as well as translocations involving chromosomes 4, 9, 10, 15, 16, and 21 that underline the singularity of IgD MM.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin D / genetics*
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Karyotyping
  • Multiple Myeloma / genetics*
  • Multiple Myeloma / pathology*
  • Multiple Myeloma / therapy

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin D