“…Some of them were suspected 'to arise through end-to-end joining of the 3q+ chromosome that is found as a result of the specific translocation involving chromosomes 3 and 12'. More recent examinations using various techniques of molecular cytogenetics could show that the overwhelming majority of the observed rings was constituted by chromosome 12 or parts of it (at least 85 cases reported so far: Mandahl et al, 1988aMandahl et al, , b, 1989Rydholm et al, 1990;Szymanska et al, 1995 r(20) Tiainen et al, 1988, Mandahl et al, 1988a, b, 1989 , Varsa et al, 1989 r(22) Mandahl et al, 1988aMandahl et al, , b, 1989 invariably contain amplified sequences from 12q, with a few exceptions including the MDM2 gene (Nilsson et al, 2004). A more detailed FISH analysis using the ML12q1315 probe confirmed extensive painting of the ring chromosomes found in ten adipose tissue tumors, but painting was discontinuous, i.e., the ring chromosomes were never completely painted (Dal Cin et al, 1993a).…”