Unusual aberration involving the short arm of chromosome 11 in an 8-month-old patient with a supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor.

An 8-month-old baby girl with a supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor showed an unusual aberration involving the short arm of chromosome 11. Seven abnormal metaphase cells had 49 chromosomes with trisomies of chromosomes 9 and 13, and partial trisomies of 1q and 18p. One homologue chromosome 11 was strikingly abnormal showing a long acrocentric-like form, which was composed of the long arm of chromosome 1 and an addition to the short arm of chromosome 11. This was characterized by fluorescence in situ hybridization using a partial arm chromosome-painting probe.