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Table 1 Clinical and cytogenetic findings in lipomas

From: Real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis of MDM2 and CDK4expression using total RNA from core-needle biopsies is useful for diagnosing adipocytic tumors

 

Sex

Age (years)

Location

Total

Karyotype

M

F

20-40

40-60

>60

U

L

T

H

= 66

Normal

6

4

2

6

2

1

1

3

5

10 (15%)

Abnormal

36

20

5

23

28

13

17

17

9

56 (85%)

  Ring/Giant chromosome

1

3

0

1

3

1

2

1

0

4 (7%)

  12q13-15 rearrangement

13

8

0

8

13

6

7

7

1

21 (38%)

  13q rearrangement

5

1

0

2

4

0

1

1

4

6 (11%)

  6p21-23 rearrangement

2

1

1

0

2

1

0

1

1

3 (5%)

  Other

17

8

4

13

8

5

8

7

5

25 (45%)

  1. Abbreviations: M male, F female, U upper extremity, L lower extremity, T trunk, H head and neck. Note that some cases showed more than one karyotypic aberration.