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A second case of hexasomy 8 in myelodysplastic syndrome
G C Beverstock1, H W Wessels, P Mollevanger
1Department of Clinical Cytogenetics, State University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands.
Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics
|November 14, 1997
Abstract:
Tetrasomy 8 is a rare form of acquired aneuploidy found exclusively in the myeloid leukemias. Hexasomy 8 is even rarer: only one case has been reported, thus far. We describe here the second case of hexasomy 8 as the sole abnormality in an elderly female patient with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).