Chromosomes in Hyperdiploidy is a chromosomal abnormality that occurs when cells have more DNA than normal, such as having more chromosomes than usual. Most human cells, except for sperm and egg cells, normally have 46 chromosomes (23 pairs) in each cell. Hyperdiploidy can occur when a precursor B cell undergoes abnormal mitosis, resulting in a non-random gain of chromosomes. The modal chromosome number of leukaemic blasts can increase from 46 to between 51 and 65 or 67.
What is a Hyperdiploidy?
A chromosomal abnormality in which the chromosomal number is greater than the normal diploid number.
What is a Hypoploidy?
A chromosomal abnormality in which a somatic cell is missing a single member of one or more pairs of homologous chromosomes. [ from NCI]
Defination of Hyperdiploidy
What is the difference between hyperdiploidy and trisomy?
With FISH testing, patients are termed hyperdiploid only when trisomies of 2 or more chromosomes are observed, and trisomy indices have been developed using specific trisomies, such as those involving 9, 11, and 15, to identify those with hyperdiploid MM.
What causes hyperdiploidy?
High hyperdiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia (HeH ALL), one of the most common childhood malignancies, is driven by nonrandom aneuploidy (abnormal chromosome numbers) mainly comprising chromosomal gains.