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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Karolin Nord
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-37992 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Nord Karolin H KH Paulsson Kajsa K Veerla Srinivas S Wejde Johan J Brosjö Otte O Mandahl Nils N Mertens Fredrik F
Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) 20120901 9
Inflammatory leiomyosarcoma (ILMS) is a soft tissue tumor that morphologically resembles conventional leiomyosarcoma (LMS) admixed with a prominent inflammatory infiltrate. Genetic data on ILMS are still limited but have suggested that this entity is characterized by hyperhaploidy (24-34 chromosomes). This low chromosome number is otherwise uncommon in neoplasia and has been found only in 0.2% to 0.3% of cytogenetically investigated tumors. Here, three ILMS were investigated using cytogenetic, s ...[more]