MYC by FISH [peripheral blood or bone marrow]-4280H (blood) or 4280G (bone marrow)

Test info

  
MYC by FISH [peripheral blood or bone marrow]
  
4280H (blood) or 4280G (bone marrow)
  
LAB4280H - CYTOGENETIC LEUKEMIC BLOOD STUDIES
LAB4280G - CYTOGENETIC BONE MARROW STUDIES
  
MYC
  
MYC
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
FISH
Fluorescence in situ hybridization
High grade B-cell lymphoma
8q24
8q24 rearrangement
  

Identifying patients with MYC rearrangements.

  • Differentiates diffuse Large B-cell lymphoma from High-grade lymphoma.

This test can be ordered individually or as part of a CLL full panel (see the individual panel test for more details).

Specimen

  
Bone Marrow aspirate 5 mL (minimum 3 mL)
  

Bone marrow aspirate:

Collect bone marrow aspirate in a sterile Sodium heparin (Na hep) syringe and transfer to a sterile vial/tube

  

- or -

Collect bone marrow aspirate in sterile syringe (non-heparinized) and transfer to a Dk green Sodium heparin (Na hep), no gel

 

  
5 mL
  
3 mL
  

Transfer aspirate from syringe to transport container.

  

Submit entire specimen unspun.

  

Sterile vial /tube 

  

or

Dk green Sodium heparin (Na hep), no gel - 4mL

  
Bone marrow core
Sodium heparin (Na hep) whole blood
Touch prep slides
  

Bone marrow core:

submit in sterile tube filled with sterile culture medium, sterile Hanks Balance Salt Solution (HBSS) or sterile saline

Sodium Heparin (Na hep) whole blood:

  
Bone marrow core: 10 mm
Whole blood: 5 mL
  

Submit entire specimen

  

Bone marrow core:

Sterile vial/tube

 

Sodium Heparin (Na hep) whole blood:

  
  • AHL Cytogenetics Oncology Request
  

Ambient

  
Specimens retained until completion of all testing
  
  • Improper label (unlabeled or mislabeled)
  • Wrong container (anticoagulant or solution)
  • Delay in transport
  • Improper storage
  • Leaking container
  • Slides broken beyond repair

Performance

  
AHL - Cytogenetics: X
  
Mo-Fr
  
5 business days
  

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

Normal or Abnormal with interpretation.

 

Billing

  
88271 x 2
88275
88291
  
Yes
  

Tracking

  
03/18/2021
  
08/31/2022
  
04/06/2021