Tetrasomy 8 in acute myelomonocytic leukemia developing after a gastric cancer operation

A 70 year-old- Japanese man underwent gastrectomy for early gastric cancer with preoperative hypocellular marrow. Three weeks later, acute myelomonocytic leukemia developed with tetrasomy for chromosome 8 (48,XY,+8,+8). The patient died of leukemia on the 33rd postoperative day. Whether or not the o...

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Published inCancer genetics and cytogenetics Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 27 - 31
Main Authors Yoshida, Junichi, Nakata, Kouichi, Oda, Etsuko, Oda, Susumu, Ueyama, Toshihiko, Ambe, Kenji, Shiroozu, Akiyo, Shikata, Izuru, Kishikawa, Hideki, Iino, Haruhiko
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.07.1991
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Adenocarcinoma - complications
Adenocarcinoma - pathology
Adenocarcinoma - surgery
Aged
Antigens, CD - analysis
Biological and medical sciences
Bone Marrow - pathology
Chromosome Aberrations - pathology
Chromosome Banding
Chromosome Disorders
Chromosomes
Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases
Humans
Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute - etiology
Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute - pathology
Leukemias. Malignant lymphomas. Malignant reticulosis. Myelofibrosis
Medical sciences
Stomach Neoplasms - complications
Stomach Neoplasms - pathology
Stomach Neoplasms - surgery
Chromosomal aberration
Human
Postoperative
Myelomonocytic leukemia
Aneuploidy
Digestive diseases
Tumor
Tetrasomy
Hemopathy
Elderly
Gastric disease
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Summary:A 70 year-old- Japanese man underwent gastrectomy for early gastric cancer with preoperative hypocellular marrow. Three weeks later, acute myelomonocytic leukemia developed with tetrasomy for chromosome 8 (48,XY,+8,+8). The patient died of leukemia on the 33rd postoperative day. Whether or not the operation triggered the leukemia remains unknown.
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ISSN:0165-4608
1873-4456
DOI:10.1016/0165-4608(91)90026-Q