[Greg H]

Hey Linda!

I am going to work on deciphering those cytogenetics for you. It's nuts that they have to write in such a complicated code.

I've had reports from two different pathology labs ow, and I notice that they do things slightly differently. But both my reports, in an area just below this gobbledygook, have a narrative description that looks like this:

43~46,XY,dup(1)(q21q32)[11]/46,XY[10]
The male chromosome complement is seen in which 11 of the 21 GTW banded cells analyzed had a duplication of the long arm of chromosome 1. Ten normal cells were observed. The findings are most consistent with myelodysplasia. In this study 21 cells were counted and analyzed and 3 cells were karyotyped at a band resolution of 400.

or like this:

46,XY,dup(1)(q21q32)[8]/46,XY[12].nuc ish (EGR1,D5S23,D5S721)x2,(CEP7,D7S486,D7S522)x2, (D8Zlx3)
Cytogenetic Analysis: Abnormal: Cytogenetic analysis revealed the presence of 2 clonal cell lines. The first cell line was chromosomally normal (60% of cells). The second cell line was cytogenetically abnormal with a duplication within the long arm of chromosome 1 that can be associated with myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative leukemia.

You might want to check your reports for something like that because it's easier to understand.

Take Care!

Greg