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Am J Surg Pathol ; 38(9): 1193-202, 2014 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24854113

ABSTRACT

Classical Hodgkin lymphoma can be diagnosed with confidence in the majority of cases, but there is a significant subset that remains a diagnostic challenge. The authors have investigated the utility of a novel hyperplexing technology, MultiOmyx™, which may be applied to stain with >60 antibodies on single tissue sections from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue as an aid to the diagnosis of classical Hodgkin lymphoma. The multiplexing protocol included CD30, CD15, PAX-5, CD20, CD79a, CD45, BOB.1, OCT-2, and CD3 antibodies. The technology showed a high degree of sensitivity, specificity, and precision. Comparison studies with routine hematoxylin and eosin and immunohistochemical assessment of hematopathology cases in which classical Hodgkin lymphoma was included in the differential diagnosis showed concordance in 54 of 56 cases, with the 2 discordant cases illustrating the potential of this multiplexed immunofluorescence technology to improve on traditional immunohistochemistry for classical Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis. This technology is practical for routine diagnosis and may be particularly useful in cases in which the sample size is limited, few Hodgkin-like cells are present, or in CD30-positive lymphoma cases with difficult morphology. MultiOmyx may potentially benefit other areas of research and diagnostic pathology.


Subject(s)
Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis , Fluorescent Antibody Technique , Hodgkin Disease/metabolism , Lymph Nodes/chemistry , Tissue Array Analysis/methods , Biopsy, Needle , Diagnosis, Differential , Herpesvirus 4, Human/genetics , Hodgkin Disease/pathology , Hodgkin Disease/virology , Humans , In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence , Lymph Nodes/pathology , Lymph Nodes/virology , Microscopy, Fluorescence , Predictive Value of Tests , Prognosis , RNA, Viral/analysis
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Cancer Genet Cytogenet ; 166(1): 12-21, 2006 Apr 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16616107

ABSTRACT

A 53-year-old man diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)-small lymphoma following splenectomy was found to have a t(8;14) with an apparent cryptic deletion of the MYC gene. This patient's spleen and bone marrow (BM) showed that 93% and approximately 70% of the viable cells, respectively, were lambda-monoclonal B-cells coexpressing CD5 with CD20, CD19, CD23, CD22, CD38, and low FMC-7. The smear showed a marked increase in small, mature lymphoid cells, with <2% prolymphocytes. The BM karyotype was 46,XY,t(8;14)(q24;q32),-18,+mar[3]/46,XY[27] and FISH analysis with an IGH/MYC green-red dual-fusion signal probe showed an atypical interphase result of one fusion, two green, and one red signal in 70% of the cells. The MYC dual red-green split-apart probe showed the expected t(8;14) pattern in 62% of the cells; however, sequential FISH on a t(8;14) GTG-metaphase showed the single fusion signal on derivative chromosome 8 and only a green signal on der(14) for the IGH/MYC dual-fusion probe and a green signal on der(14), red signal on der(8), and fusion signal on the normal chromosome 8 for the MYC split-apart probe. Thus, the apparently balanced t(8;14) had a cryptic deletion (approximately 1.6 Mb) between the red and the green regions flanking the MYC gene in the MYC split-apart probe, 128,585,631-130,226,339 bp from 8pter. The rarity of t(8;14) in CLL together with a cryptic deletion that probably includes the MYC gene in our CLL patient persuaded us to explore the clinicopathological role of MYC translocations by comparing disease progression in our patient and in other reported CLL cases.


Subject(s)
Burkitt Lymphoma/genetics , Chromosome Deletion , Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/genetics , Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8/genetics , Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/genetics , Translocation, Genetic , Genes, myc/physiology , Humans , Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/genetics , In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence , Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/complications , Male , Middle Aged , Splenectomy
3.
Leuk Lymphoma ; 45(5): 965-9, 2004 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15291356

ABSTRACT

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell dyscrasia characterized by frequent 13q deletions and IgH translocations that have clinical prognostic significance. We evaluated clonal plasma cells by interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and combined with immunofluorescence detection of cytoplasmic light chain (cIg-FISH) for the presence of 13q deletions and IgH translocations. The FISH results were compared with conventional cytogenetic analysis. Of the 25 bone marrow specimens from MM patients, 11 (44%) had 13q deletions. IgH translocations involving cyclin D1 (t(11;14)) and FGFR3 (t(4;14)) were found in 32 and 36%, respectively. P53 deletions were detected in 20% of the cases. One patient had coexistence of t(ll;14) and t(4;14), which has not been previously reported. Conventional cytogenetic analysis was performed in 15 cases and revealed complex numerical and structural changes in 7. Karyotype analysis failed to detect 3 of 6 cases with 13q deletions, and also missed most of the IgH translocations and p53 deletions detected by cIg-FISH. On the other hand, the complex numerical and structural changes shown by conventional cytogenetics were not demonstrated by interphase FISH. Since 13q deletions, IgH translocations and a hypodiploid karyotype are significant prognostic factors for MM, our study illustrates the importance of combining conventional cytogenetics with interphase FISH analysis in patients with MM.


Subject(s)
Chromosome Deletion , Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13 , Cytogenetic Analysis/methods , Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/genetics , Multiple Myeloma/genetics , Translocation, Genetic , Adult , Aged , Clone Cells/pathology , Cytogenetic Analysis/standards , Female , Humans , In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence/standards , Karyotyping , Male , Middle Aged , Multiple Myeloma/diagnosis , Prognosis
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Genes Chromosomes Cancer ; 40(4): 349-54, 2004 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15188459

ABSTRACT

The formation of a leukemogenic fusion product in hematopoietic malignancies is commonly achieved by chromosomal translocation. Alternate and cytogenetically undetectable mechanisms of fusion transcript generation have been documented for BCR-AB1, AML1-ETO, PML-RARA, NPM/ALK, and MLL-MLLT2 (AF4). Here, we report the investigation of a cryptic rearrangement leading to MLL-MLLT3 transcript formation. Cytogenetic analysis of peripheral blood from a 50-year-old acute myeloid leukemia patient yielded a karyotype of 47,XY,+8,del(11)(q21q23) in all metaphase cells examined. Metaphase fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis using the MLL probe at 11q23 revealed that the 5' portion of the MLL gene was inserted into chromosome 9 at band p22, whereas the 3' region of the MLL gene remained on chromosome 11. Whole-chromosome paint analysis confirmed the cryptic transfer of chromosome 11 material to 9p22. With this information, the karyotype was reassigned as 47,XY,+8,der(9)ins(9;11)(p22;q23q23),del(11)(q21q23). RT-PCR was used to show that the cryptic rearrangement in this patient led to the fusion of the MLL and MLLT3 transcripts on the der(9). The presence of the MLL-MLLT3 transcript is consistent with the clinical findings in this patient.


Subject(s)
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9/genetics , DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics , Leukemia, Myeloid/genetics , Mutagenesis, Insertional/genetics , Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics , Proto-Oncogenes , Transcription Factors , Acute Disease , Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein
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Hum Reprod ; 17(9): 2394-401, 2002 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12202430

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Giant binuclear oocytes occur with considerable frequency in human ovaries, but their ultimate fate remains unknown. We report the morphology, cytogenetics and developmental potential of human giant oocytes from patients undergoing assisted reproductive technologies. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 44 giant oocytes was collected from patients aged 22-44 years old, with an overall frequency of 0.3% (44/14 272 oocytes). Giant oocytes were approximately 30% larger in diameter than normal oocytes (mean 200.4 versus 154.7 micro m, P = 0.0001). Two different morphological patterns were observed among giant unfertilized and fertilized oocytes. All unfertilized oocytes appeared to be diploid and contained either one or two metaphase plates (46 or 2 x 23 chromosomes), and one or two polar bodies respectively. Consequently, fertilized giant oocytes exhibited either two or three pronuclei, or two or four polar bodies. Both types of giant zygotes were capable of normal cleavage and development to blastocyst stage. Four giant embryos were analysed by interphase fluorescence in-situ hybridization using probes for chromosomes 9, 22, X and Y, and all appeared chromosomally abnormal with numerical alterations indicative of ploidy change. CONCLUSIONS: Giant oocytes might be a possible source of human digynic triploidy. To avoid undesired miscarriages, giant embryos originated from either two- or three-pronuclear giant zygotes should be excluded from uterine transfers.


Subject(s)
Cytogenetic Analysis , Embryo, Mammalian/cytology , Embryo, Mammalian/physiology , Oocytes/cytology , Oocytes/physiology , Adult , Blastocyst/physiology , Cell Nucleus/ultrastructure , Cell Size , Cellular Senescence , Chromosome Aberrations , Cleavage Stage, Ovum/physiology , Diploidy , Embryo, Mammalian/ultrastructure , Female , Humans , In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence , Interphase , Metaphase , Oocytes/ultrastructure , Zygote/cytology , Zygote/ultrastructure
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