Cytogenetics Laboratory

Contact Information

UCLA Pathology Outreach Client Services
Phone: 310-267-2680 | Email
Fax: 310-267-2685

• New client account activation
• Requisitions and supplies
• Specimen requirements and transport
• Report status and results
• Arrange consult with pathologist assigned to case
• Billing inquiries and assistance

Specimen delivery address:
UCLA Pathology Outreach
Specimen Receiving
10833 Le Conte Ave, A3-240 CHS
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Hours: Monday-Friday 6:00am-8:00pm

The UCLA Cytogenetics Laboratory is headed by ABMGG-certified Cytogeneticists and staffed by California-licensed Clinical Cytogenetics Scientists (CCS) and Hospital Laboratory Technicians (HLT). Our lab performs more than 8,000 cytogenetic assays annually for our in-patient population, community-based physicians and independently run pathology laboratories. This includes a high volume of hematological cases. State-of the art technologies are employed, including molecular cytogenetic techniques, such as fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) for a wide range of clinical settings from cancer to prenatal and postnatal diagnosis.

Forms

• Prenatal Requisition
• Postnatal Requisition
• Urovysion Requisition

Oncology

• Routine G-band chromosome analysis
• Comprehensive FISH panels
• SNP-Chromosomal Microarray Analysis (CMA)

Hematologic Malignancies

• Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (T-B ALL)
• Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
• Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
• Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
• Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL)
• Plasma Cell Myeloma
• Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
• Lymphoproliferative Disorder (LPD)

Solid Tumor

• Uveal melanoma
• Brain, CNS(Glioma, Neuroblastoma, Schwannoma/Rhabdoid)
• Bladder
• Breast
• Soft tissue sarcoma (Ewing, alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, myxoid/round cell liposarcoma, malignant liposarcoma/angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma, well-differentiated liposarcoma)

Constitutional

Prenatal

• Rapid fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for aneuploidy screening.
  • Interphase analysis for trisomies of 13, 18 and 21, and aneuploidies of chromosomes X and Y, provides rapid detection of the most common chromosomal aneuploidies
• Routine G-band chromosome analysis
  • Performed to obtain an overview of the fetal karyotype and chromosome structure in amniocytes, chorionic villi sampling and products of conception
• SNP-Chromosomal Microarray Analysis (CMA) offers full genome coverage with nearly 2 million oligonucleotide markers

Postnatal

• SNP-Chromosomal Microarray Analysis (CMA) offers full genome coverage with nearly 2 million oligonucleotide markers
• Routine G-band chromosome analysis for couples with infertility or recurrent pregnancy loss