Case Report

Clonal monosomy of chromosome 21 in a case of myelodysplastic syndrome

Published: November 04, 2011
Genet. Mol. Res. 10 (4) : 2718-2720 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4238/2011.November.4.5
Cite this Article:
P.C. Freitas, A.B. Carvalho-Salles, C.F. Mendiburu, O. Ricci, A.C. Fett-Conte (2011). Clonal monosomy of chromosome 21 in a case of myelodysplastic syndrome. Genet. Mol. Res. 10(4): 2718-2720. https://doi.org/10.4238/2011.November.4.5
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Abstract

This study reports on a cytogenetic finding in a bone marrow examination of a 47-year-old male patient treated in the Hematology and Blood Transfusion Service of the Hospital de Base in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo State, Brazil. The only alteration found at diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) subtype refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB-2) was clonal monosomy of chromosome 21. The patient evolved to acute myeloid leukemia type M2 and died nine months after diagnosis. Clonal monosomy of chromosome 21, as the only cytogenetic abnormality in MDS, has only been reported three times previously. This uncommon cytogenetic abnormality in MDS has been associated with a poor clinical course, although more data will be needed to determine if this prognosis is invariable.

This study reports on a cytogenetic finding in a bone marrow examination of a 47-year-old male patient treated in the Hematology and Blood Transfusion Service of the Hospital de Base in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo State, Brazil. The only alteration found at diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) subtype refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB-2) was clonal monosomy of chromosome 21. The patient evolved to acute myeloid leukemia type M2 and died nine months after diagnosis. Clonal monosomy of chromosome 21, as the only cytogenetic abnormality in MDS, has only been reported three times previously. This uncommon cytogenetic abnormality in MDS has been associated with a poor clinical course, although more data will be needed to determine if this prognosis is invariable.