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Trisomy 8 as the only chromosome change in an epithelioid smooth muscle tumor
Author(s) -
Cin Paola Dal,
De Wever Ivo,
Aerts Raymond,
Van Damme Boudewijn,
Van Den Berghe Herman
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
genes, chromosomes and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.754
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1098-2264
pISSN - 1045-2257
DOI - 10.1002/gcc.2870030311
Subject(s) - malignancy , smooth muscle tumor , trisomy , chromosome , pathology , biology , aneuploidy , gastrointestinal tract , anatomy , medicine , immunohistochemistry , genetics , gene , biochemistry
Epithelioid smooth muscle tumor is a rare low grade malignancy that usually occurs in the gastrointestinal tract. No chromosome studies of this tumor have been reported so far. We found trisomy 8 as the sole chromosome anomaly in a large hepatic epithelioid smooth muscle tumor.
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