Author/Authors :
FERDOWSI, Shirin Dept. of Hematology - Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization, Tehran, Iran , SHIRKOOHI, Reza Dept. of Molecular Genetics - Cancer Research Center - Cancer Institute - Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , TOOGEH, Gholamreza Dept. of Hematology-Oncology and BMT Research Center - Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Background: The myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a highly heterogenous disorder and karyotype analysis is helpful for diagnostic and prognostic estimation. Deletion in long arm chromosome 6 (6q del) as a sole abnormality is a rare event in MDS. This is the first case report of del (6q) as the only observed diagnostic change in Iran. We also reviewed the literature of this cytogenetic lesion.
