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<i>ALK‐ATIC</i> fusion in urinary bladder inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
6 Aug 2003
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In this report, we describe an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the urinary bladder in a 46-year-old man. Tumor cells presented striking cytoplasmatic ALK immunopositivity. Cytogenetic and FISH analysis, by use of a multicolor chromosome 2 banding probe, revealed a 46,XY,der(2)(2pter-->2p23:2q35-->2q37:2p11-->2q35:2p23-->2p11:2q37-->2qter) karyotype. Subsequent FISH and RT-PCR analysis confirmed the...
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