MYC breakapart FISH
8q24 FISH
t(8;14)
709.21
Includes culture processing charge.
2 - 10 ml bone marrow aspirate in RPMI, Bone marrow trephine in RPMI
4 ml Heparin (Dark green) Whole blood sterile. Do not centrifuge or freeze.
Blood Samples are preferred for CLL and ?LPN patients with peripheral lymphocytosis.
For other disorders, peripheral blood is suitable if there are >10% blasts in circulation.
Cytogenetics
Urgent < 5 days, Non-urgent 18 days
Flourescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) with MYC specific probes.
Refer to report
Detect and characterise 8q24 chromosome rearrangements or amplifications.
FMYC_BA
$FMYC_BA