Translocation (2;11)(q31;q12) is recurrent in collagenous fibroma (desmoplastic fibroblastoma)

Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2004 Mar;149(2):161-3. doi: 10.1016/S0165-4608(03)00298-X.

Abstract

Collagenous fibroma (desmoplastic fibroblastoma) is a rare, benign tumor composed of spindle and stellate-shaped fibroblasts and myofibroblasts in a densely collagenous background. A t(2;11)(q31;q12) has been reported in one case of collagenous fibroma and a rearrangement of the 11q12 breakpoint in a second case. In the present study, we detected a t(2;11) identical to that previously described in a collagenous fibroma arising in the supraclavicular fossa of a 55-year-old man. This finding confirms the nonrandom association of t(2;11)(q31;q12) with collagenous fibroma.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Bone Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2*
  • Fibroma, Desmoplastic / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Translocation, Genetic*