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A unique clonal chromosome 2 deletion in endomyometriosis
A Verhest1, T Simonart, J C Noël
1Department of Cytogenetics, Institute Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium.
Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics
|February 1, 1996
Abstract:
The cytogenetic analysis of a short-term culture from a so-called endomyometriosis revealed a unique clonal del(2)(p21). The embryologic origin of this uterine-like mass is controversial. The finding of a clonal chromosome aberration favors the proliferation hypothesis and suggests that endomyometriosis is a true neoplasm and that a somatic mutation might be involved in the etiology of this lesion.