Ross F M, Hamilton M, Cook M K, Irving J B
MRC Clinical and Population Cytogenetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
Leukemia. 1987 Sep;1(9):680-1.
A case is reported of a young man with cardiomyopathy and myelodysplasia with bone marrow and peripheral blood eosinophilia. Cytogenetic investigation revealed a (5;16) (q33;p13) translocation. This is the first report of myelodysplasia with eosinophilia associated with a break in 16p13 alone, with no abnormality of 16q22.