Recurrent anomalies of 6q25 in chondromyxoid fibroma

Hum Pathol. 2000 Mar;31(3):306-11. doi: 10.1016/s0046-8177(00)80243-9.

Abstract

Chondromyxoid fibroma is a rare benign bone tumor most commonly arising in the metaphysis of long bones in young adults. Histopathologically, chondromyxoid fibroma may be difficult to distinguish from other cartilaginous neoplasms. Recently, a pericentric inversion of chromosome 6 [inv(6)(p25q13)] has been proposed as a specific genetic marker for chondromyxoid fibroma. In this study, cytogenetic and spectral karyotypic analyses of 2 chondromyxoid fibroma cases showed clonal abnormalities of chromosome 6 but at a breakpoint on the long arm (q25) distal to that described in the pericentric inversion. These findings suggest that several distinct breakpoints on chromosome 6 are nonrandomly involved in chondromyxoid fibroma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Bone Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Bone Neoplasms / surgery
  • Chondroblastoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Chondroblastoma / genetics*
  • Chondroblastoma / surgery
  • Chromosome Aberrations*
  • Chromosome Disorders*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6 / genetics*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Recurrence
  • Tibia / diagnostic imaging
  • Translocation, Genetic