Spontaneous chromatid break as clonal evolution in myelodysplastic syndrome patients

ABSTRACT Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a clonal hematopoietic stem cell disorder characterized by peripheral cytopenias due to ineffective erythropoiesis and an increased risk for evolving into acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Chromosomal abnormalities represent the most important marker of risk st...

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Autores: Borges,Daniela P., França,Ivo Gabriel F., Oliveira,Roberta Taiane G., Melo,Mayara M. L., Pinheiro,Ronald F.
Tipo de recurso: informe técnico
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia (SBP)
Repositorio:Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial (Online)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:scielo:S1676-24442017000600397
Acceso en línea:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-24442017000600397
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Palabra clave:chromosomal breakage
myelodysplastic syndromes
chromosomal instability
genomic instability
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Sumario:ABSTRACT Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a clonal hematopoietic stem cell disorder characterized by peripheral cytopenias due to ineffective erythropoiesis and an increased risk for evolving into acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Chromosomal abnormalities represent the most important marker of risk stratification for AML transformation. Chromatid break (chtb) is a discontinuity of a single chromatid. We report the case of a patient with MDS whose cytogenetic analysis showed spontaneous chromatid breakage (chrb): 46,XY,add(13)(q34),chtb(15)(q24) [3]/47,XY,chtb(2)(q22),del(5)(q35),del(7)(q32),+8,del(11q)(q23),del(q22)[cp17]. He was considered a high-risk patient due to the complex karyotype and the presence of chtb. We suggest that this chromosomal abnormality may be considered as a marker of genomic instability in MDS.