Identical chromosome translocations involving the region of the c-myb oncogene in four metastases of a mediastinal teratocarcinoma

  • J. Wolter Oosterhuis
  • , Bauke de Jong
  • , Ineke van Dalen
  • , Ingrid van der Meer
  • , Margreet Visser
  • , Loe de Leij
  • , Geert Mesander
  • , John G. Collard
  • , Heimen Schraffordt Koops
  • , Dirk Th Sleijfer

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Abstract

A 39-year-old white male presented with a disseminated mediastinal teratocarcinoma. Karyotyping was performed on two mature residual metastatic lesions in the lungs immediately following chemotherapy, on a recurring lung lesion after 5 months, and on a metastasis in the right thigh 5 months after salvage chemotherapy. All four lesions were pseudoeuploid and showed identical chromosomal abnormalities: a translocation with the two chromosomes #6 and one chromosome #11 involved, resulting in 46, XY, t (6;6;11) (q21;q23;q13). The breakpoint in chromosome #6 is in the region to which the oncogene c-myb has been localized, and the breakpoint in chromosome #11 is at a known fragile and possibly oncogenic site, suggesting that the translocations in this case may have played a crucial role in the development of the malignancy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)99-107
Number of pages9
JournalCancer genetics and cytogenetics
Volume15
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 1985
Externally publishedYes

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