Results of conventional cytogenetic and FISH analysis in patients with lymphoma in fine needle aspirates

Aim of the study: The detection of chromosomal abnormalities characteristic of lymphomas, is important in the diagnostic workup of aggressive lymphomas given its impact on treatment strategies and prognosis. Recently this has been accomplished using FISH. In conformation with other methods for collecting samples makes the fine needle aspiration (FNA) attractive for diagnosis. Patients and Methods: We report the cytogenetic investigation in series of 59 patients with lymphoma (28 women and 31 men, median age 40, ranged 3-90 years), comprising 42 non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) (32 abnormal) and 4 Hodgkin disease (HD) (2 abnormal)..