Chromosomal aberrations in Bloom syndrome patients with myeloid malignancies

Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2001 Jul 1;128(1):39-42. doi: 10.1016/s0165-4608(01)00392-2.

Abstract

Bloom syndrome (BS) predisposes affected individuals to a wide variety of neoplasms including hematological malignancies. Thus far, cytogenetic findings in hematological neoplasms have been reported in only a few BS patients. We present the karyotypic findings in a BS patient diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), FAB subtype M1, and a review of the literature, showing the preferential occurrence of total or partial loss of chromosome 7 in BS patients with AML or myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Bloom Syndrome / genetics*
  • Child
  • Chromosome Aberrations*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7 / genetics*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Karyotyping
  • Leukemia, Myeloid / genetics*
  • Male
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / genetics*