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A Gardiner

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PubMed1993

Cytogenetic studies in splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes.

We report the cytogenetic findings on 31 cases of splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes (SLVL). TPA stimulated cells from peripheral blood (28 cases), spleen (two cases) and lymph node (one case) with SLVL have been analysed. A clonal chromosome abnormality was found in 27/31 patients (87%); this was identified as a simple abnormality in 12 cases and a complex one in 15. Four recurring abnormalities were seen: t(11;14)(q13;q32) in five patients, deletions or translocations involving 7q in seven patients, iso 17q in four patients and translocations involving 2p11 in four patients. The high frequency of clonal chromosome abnormalities in SLVL contrasts with the usually benign clinical course of this disease. Abnormalities found frequently in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) such as trisomy 12 and deletions or translocations involving 13q14 were each seen in only one patient. No case had the t(14;18) characteristic of follicular lymphoma. Our findings demonstrate the high frequency of clonal and often complex chromosome abnormalities in SLVL. Although a unique chromosome rearrangement has not been identified, a pattern of four recurrent abnormalities has emerged. Our results suggest that SLVL is distinct on cytogenetic grounds from B-CLL and follicular lymphoma but shows similarity with mantle cell lymphoma, lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma and B-PLL.

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PubMed1985

Reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 8 and 9 in atypical chronic myeloid leukaemia.

A balanced translocation t(8;9) (p11;q34) was present in the peripheral blood, bone marrow, and spleen cells of a patient with Ph negative chronic myeloid leukaemia. Subsequent transformation into acute leukaemia was associated with the emergence of trisomy 8 and der(8)(8qter----cen----8p11::9q34----9qter). This is the third reported case of t(8;9) (p11;q34) and raises the question of the role of c-abl in the pathogenesis of this myeloproliferative disorder.

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PubMed1978

Spontaneous abortion and fetal abnormality in subsequent pregnancy.

In a prospective survey neural tube defects and other congenital abnormalities were studied in the babies born to 510 mothers ascertained during pregnancy. The women were divided into two groups according to the outcome of their immediately preceding pregnancy. Those whose preceding pregnancy had resulted in a spontaneous abortion (256 women) formed the index cases; those in whom the outcome had been a normal baby (254 women) served as controls. There was a highly significant increased number of congenital abnormalities in the index cases. This may possibly be explained by the trophoblastic "rest" hypothesis and suggests that spontaneous abortions are more relevent to congenital abnormalities than has been thought.

Abortion, Spontaneous↗