Aphthous ulcerations associated with trisomy 8-positive myelodysplastic syndrome.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The association of Behçet's disease with myelodysplastic syndromes has been established in the hematologic, gastrointestinal, and medical genetics literature; trisomy 8 is a feature present in 70% of these reports. Because trisomy 8 is ordinarily present in only 14% of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome, this is a significant overrepresentation. We describe a patient with recurrent aphthous stomatitis who was subsequently diagnosed with trisomy 8-positive myelodysplastic syndrome after an unexplained macrocytosis was further investigated.
Medical subject headings
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Stomatitis, Aphthous
- Trisomy