| Literature DB >> 23675569 |
Masahiro Manabe1, Osami Takeda, Junya Okita, Teruhito Takakuwa, Naonori Harada, Hirofumi Nakano, Shuichiro Okamoto, Yasutaka Aoyama, Takeo Kumura, Tadanobu Ohta, Yoshio Furukawa, Atsuko Mugitani.
Abstract
We describe a case of post-polycythemic myelofibrosis harboring der(Y)t(Y;1)(q12;q12). The patient was a 69-year-old man and was initially diagnosed with polycythemia vera. During the clinical course of his condition, the polycythemia developed into myelofibrosis. Chromosome analysis detected der(Y)t(Y;1)(q12;q12). We discuss the association between der(Y)t(Y;1)(q11~12;q12~21) and tumorigenesis along with a review of literature.Entities:
Keywords: Post-polycythemic myelofibrosis; chromosomal abnormality; der(Y)t(Y;1)(q12;q12)
Year: 2013 PMID: 23675569 PMCID: PMC3649809
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Blood Res ISSN: 2160-1992