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chromosomal Disorders
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05/19/2008

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Term
neurofibromatosis type 1
Definition
mutation in NF1 tumor-suppressor gene; chr 17 (AD)
Term
neurofibromatosis type 2
Definition
mutation in NF2 tumor suppressor gene; chr 22 (AD)
Term
Marfan syndrome
Definition

mutation of fibrillin gene on chr 15 (AD)

 

charac by:

  • skeletal abnormalities (tall build c hyperextensible joints)
  • subluxation of lens
  • cardiovascular defects (cystic medial necrosis, dissecting aortic aneurysm, ASD, aortic dilatation and insufficiency)
Term
von Hippel-Lindau disease
Definition
mutation in tumor-suppressor gene on chr 3 (AD)
Term
cystic fibrosis
Definition

3-nucleotide deletion in CFTR chloride channel gene on chr 7

Term
Down syndrome
Definition
trisomy 21
Term
Edwards syndrome
Definition
trisomy 18
Term
Patau syndrome
Definition
trisomy 13
Term
Cri-du-Chat syndrome
Definition
terminal or interstitial deletion of 5p
Term
Digeorge syndrome
Definition
deletion of 22q11
Term
Wilms tumor
Definition
deletion of 11p13
Term
Angelman syndrome
Definition

deletion of 15q11-13 (mother copy)

"happy puppet" syndrome 

 

charac by:

  • always smiling but lacks speech
  • hyperactive, hypotonic
  • mental retardation, seizures
  • dysmorphic facial features
  • ataxic, puppet-like gait 
Term
Prader-Willi syndrome
Definition

deletion of 15q11-13 (father copy)

 

charac by:

  • short stature and obese with small hands and feet
  • dysmorphic facial features
  • hyperphagia
  • mental retardation 
Term
CML
Definition

chronic myelogenous leukemia t(9;22) - philadelphia chromosome

 

faulty signal tranduction protein (bcr-abl fusion protein with tyr kinase activity)

Term
retinoblastoma
Definition
mutation of RB1 tumor-suppressor gene on chr 13
Term
Burkitt lymphoma
Definition

t(8;14) - faulty nuclear regulatory protein

c-myc gene moves next to heavy-chain Ig gene

 

charac by:

* "starry sky" appearance

* assoc c EBV

* jaw lesion in endemic form in Africa

* pelvis or abdomen in sporadic form 

Term
mantle cell lymphoma
Definition

t(11;14) - faulty cell cycle regulatory protein

poor prognosis, CD5+ 

Term
breast/ovarian cancer
Definition
BRCA1 - chr 17; BRCA2 - chr 13
Term
Huntington's disease
Definition
unstable CAG trinucleotide repeat on gene in chr 4 - AD
Term
Alzheimer's disease
Definition

5-10% cases hereditary,early onset; AD

 

chr 21: amyloid precursor protein gene

chr 14: presenilin-1 gene

chr 1: presenilin-2 gene

chr 19: apolipoprotein E 

Term
Ewing sarcoma
Definition

t(11;22)

characteric "onion-skin" appearance in bone

anaplastic small blue cell malignant tumor 

Term
Sickle Cell Disease
Definition
AR, substition of valine for glutamic acid at pos 6 of beta chain
Term
follicular lymphoma
Definition

small cleaved (B-cell) cancer

 

non-hodgkins lymphoma

t(14;18) bcl-2 expression (disregulated apoptosis)

 

difficult to cure

indolent course 

Term
type 3 AML
Definition

t(15;17)

 

* + Auer rod  (peroxidase-positive cytoplasmic inclusions in granulocytes and myeloblasts)

* myeloblasts present 

 

tx can release auer rod -> DIC 

Term
Cowden disease/syndrome
Definition

mutation of PTEN (tumor suppressor gene)
10q23.3

triad of breast cancer, thyroid cancer, and endometrial cancer

starts with papular mucous membrane lesion ("cobblestone" appearance)

Term
achondroplasia
Definition

AD form of dwarfism

abnl cartilage synthesis

mutation of FGFR3 (receptor)

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