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Translocation t(8;12)(q13;p13) in a case with acute leukemia of ambiguous lineage |
Written | 2007-08 | Marta Gallego, Mariela Coccé, Andrea Bernasconi, Maria Felice, Cristina Alonso, Myriam Guitter |
Laboratorio de Citogenetica - Servicio de Genetica-Servicio de Inmunologia - Servicio de Hemato-Oncologia. Hospital de Pediatria SAMIC "Prof. Dr. J. P. Garrahan", Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Clinics |
Age and sex : | 2 year(s) old female patient. |
Previous History : | no preleukemia |
no previous malignant disease | |
no inborn condition of note |
Organomegaly : hepatomegaly (3cm from CRB); splenomegaly (3cm from CRB); enlarged lymph nodes (Mediastinal lymph nodes); no central nervous system involvement |
Blood |
WBC : 254 x 109/L (4); Hb : 6 g/dL (8); platelets : 86 x 109/L; blasts : L2 % (morphology). |
Bone marrow : 89% of infiltration by L2 lymphoblasts |
Cyto pathology classification |
Cytology : Ambiguous lineage acute leukemia |
Immunophenotype : Blast cells were positive for T linage antigens: CD2, CD7, cCD3; B linage antigens: CD19 and cCD79a and myeloid antigens: CD13 and CD33. A minor (10%) myeloid blast population was also detected among the leukemic cells expressing MPO and CD117. Other positive markers were CD45, CD34, HLA-DR whereas CD10 and TdT were negative. |
Rearranged Ig Tcr : - |
Pathology : - |
Electron microscopy : - |
Precise diagnosis : acute leukemia of ambiguous lineage |
Survival |
Date of diagnosis: 04-2006 |
Treatment : 12-ALLIC/BFM-PROTOCOL |
Complete remission was obtained |
Treatment related death : - |
Relapse : - |
Status : Alive 07-2007 |
Survival : 14 month(s) |
Karyotype |
Sample : Bone marrow ; culture time : 24 h ; banding : G banding |
Results : 46,XX,t(8;12)(q13;p13)[16]/46,XX[4]. |
Karyotype at relapse : - |
Other molecular cytogenetics technics : Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with painting probes (WCP 8, WCP 12)and LSI ES Dual Color Translocation Probes (TEL/AML1 and AML1/ETO) (Vysis, Inc.) |
Other molecular cytogenetics results : ish t(8;12)(q13;p13)(WCP8+,WCP12+,TEL+,ETO-;WCP8+,WCP12+,ETO+,TEL-). FISH analysis with TEL/AML1 probe revealed that the gene ETV6 is in the derivate 8 and it is not involved in the translocation. |
Other molecular studies |
technics : RT-PCR |
results : BCR-ABLp210, BCR-ABLp190, MLL-AF4, MLL-AF9, MLL-ENL, E2A-PBX1 and ETV6-RUNX1 were negative. |
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Partial GTG banded karyotype showing t(8;12)(q13;p13). |
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FISH with painting probes for chromosomes 8 (green) y 12 (red). |
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FISH with TEL/AML1 and AML1/ETO probes. |
Comments |
To our knowledge four cases of t(8;12)(q13;p13) have been reported in the literature. Three of them were described in childhood acute leukemia. The fourth case was described during disease progression in acute myelomonocytic leukemia with t(11;19). It was suggested that t(8;12) might play an important role in the relapse and lead to a poor prognosis. Our patient presented a bad response to prednisone and was considered of high risk group. At present she remains in complete remission. |
Internal links |
Atlas Card | t(8;12)(q13;p13) |
Bibliography |
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