Cytogenetic characterization of tenosynovial giant cell tumors (nodular tenosynovitis).

Dal Cin, P; Sciot, R; Samson, I; De Smet, L; De Wever, I; Van Damme, B; Van den Berghe, H · Cancer Res · 1994

case_series · Level IV

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Abstract

Chromosome investigation in six localized forms of tenosynovial giant cell tumors, also known as modular tenosynovitis, revealed an identical translocation between chromosomes 1 and 2, t(1;2)(p11;q35-36) in three tumors, a variant translocation t(1;5)(p11;q22) in a fourth case, and a t(2;16)(q33;q24) in a fifth case. One case showed a normal karyotype. Although morphologically rather uniform, these benign tumors appear to be cytogenetically heterogeneous, but the chromosome changes seem to cluster in 2 regions, 1p11 and 16q24.

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