Sensitivity of detection of B-cell lymphoma in bone marrow by fluorescence in situ hybridization.

Publication/Presentation Date

10-15-2002

Abstract

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was used in a retrospective study of bone marrow aspirate specimens submitted for conventional cytogenetic analysis with an indication of B-cell lymphoma. About 50% of cytogenetically normal samples, which had been identified as containing lymphoma by pathology, showed small cell populations with an IGH gene rearrangement by FISH. This study demonstrates that FISH scoring of 750 nuclei provides a 99% chance of identifying the presence of lymphoma with a 14q32 aberration when this population constitutes approximately 8% of the bone marrow.

Volume

138

Issue

2

First Page

174

Last Page

176

ISSN

0165-4608

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

12505267

Department(s)

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Document Type

Article

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