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Old Tue Jan 22, 2013, 09:43 PM
Chirley Chirley is offline
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Cytogenetics

I'm pretty clueless when it comes to cytogenetics. I basically understand the additions, deletions and translocations etc but more in depth things like balanced translocations which may be occult etc, leaves me confused.

Having said this, bear with me if my interpretation of an abstract I just read is wrong.

I read a journal article from 2011 which appeared to say that 23% of people with confirmed MDS/AML and had normal BM cytogenetics on FISH were found to have chromosomal abnormalities when peripheral blood studies were performed.

If I have interpreted this correctly, why do they do cytogenetics on bone marrow? Is it simply because they are already there looking at the stem cells?

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Old Wed Jan 23, 2013, 12:06 AM
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Not sure, but could it be the other 77%?
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Sandi, partner of Paul 62, diagnosed MDS Intermediate 2; July 2012. Pancytopenia, Cytogenetics -7 +8 Chromosomes. Low Blast cell count. Currently on EPO & G-CSF and having great response. MUD found will be admitted to Royal Perth Hospital 27 March 2013 to start SCT process.
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Old Wed Jan 23, 2013, 01:37 AM
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What I was trying to say is they all had BMBs and bone marrow cytogenetic studies. A number of those results came back with no chromosomal abnormalities found on FISH analysis. They then proceeded to do peripheral cytogenetics and they found that 23% of those who had tested with normal BMB chromosomes had abnormal results on blood analysis.

At least I think that's what the article said.

I'm assumed that BMB FISH only uses specific probes and blood analysis looks at more chromosomes....would that be right?

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This happened to me. My BMB results showed normal cytogenetics but my peripheral blood showed a 15q deletion.

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Old Wed Jan 23, 2013, 03:11 PM
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Hi Chirley,
As far as I understand different researchers get different results. Here they report that 68% of bone marrow samples from 100 MDS patients showed an abnormal karyotype by conventional cytogenetic studies and/or interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) but only 31% of peripheral blood samples from the same patients were abnormal. They recommend that bone marrow should be tested at diagnosis.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22537394
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