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Published on: February 23, 2011
Chromosomal rearrangements in lipofibromatosis
Barton Kenney1, Kathleen E Richkind, Gary Friedlaender
1Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, 430 Congress Avenue, P.O. Box 208023, New Haven, CT 06520-8023, USA.
Abstract:
Lipofibromatosis is a relatively rare pediatric neoplasm, which usually manifests as an ill-defined soft tissue mass involving the upper and lower distal extremities, the trunk, and, less frequently, the head. To date, no cytogenetic abnormalities have been reported in this uncommon neoplasm. We present a case of lipofibromatosis featuring a three-way t(4;9;6) translocation in a 5-year-old boy.
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