A case of myelodysplastic syndrome with abnormal megakaryocytes and ins(8;3)(q24;q21q26)

Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 1991 Aug;55(1):31-4. doi: 10.1016/0165-4608(91)90231-i.

Abstract

We report a 56-year-old male patient with refractory anemia with excess of blasts in transformation (RAEB-T) who had an ins(8;3)(q24;q21q26) as the sole chromosome abnormality in bone marrow (BM) cells. The findings of disturbed thrombocytopoiesis with numerous micromegakaryocytes suggest that it could be a variant of the classic ins(3;3)(q26;q21q26) described in hematologic malignancies with abnormal thrombopoiesis.

MeSH terms

  • Bone Marrow / pathology*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chromosome Aberrations*
  • Chromosome Banding
  • Chromosome Disorders*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8*
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Male
  • Megakaryocytes / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / genetics*
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / pathology