Diagnosis Of Disseminated Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Using Cytogenetics: Case Report.
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1998-12Author
Githang'a Jessie N.
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Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya. The clinical, histologic and cytogenetic features of a patient with the alveolar subtype of rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) were investigated. The patient presented with a widely disseminated tumour including bone marrow involvement, and was a diagnostic dilemma. The presence of translocation (2;13)(q37;q14), which is strongly associated with alveolar RMS helped make the diagnosis. A review of other published cases confirms the strong association of (2;13) with alveolar RMS. The importance of considering RMS as a differential diagnosis in patients presenting with disseminated tumour as the only finding is stressed. This case also shows how cytogenetic investigation of similar patients may provide a diagnosis.
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Http://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/jessiegithanga/publications/githanga-j-n-1998-diagnosis-disseminated-alveolar-rhabdomyosarcoma-usinghttp://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/29984
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10065215
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Githang'a, J. N. (1998). Diagnosis Of Disseminated Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Using Cytogenetics: Case Report., N, Dr. Githanga Jessie , East Afr Med J. 1998 Dec;75(12):724-5., (1998)Publisher
University of Nairobi Haematology and Blood Trannsfusion
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