CASE REPORTS in HAEMATOLOGY (Paper co-edited with the European LeukemiaNet)

Translocation t(11;15)(q23;q14) detected in AML at first relapse

Clinics

Age and sex :	30 year(s) old male patient.
Previous History :	no preleukemia
	17 months before (September, 2006) an AML-M6 "de novo" (FAB) was diagnosed. Immunophenotype study showed expression of CD117,CD34, HLA-DR, CD33, CD13, CD71, CD38, CD36 and CD11c, Bone Marrow karyotype showed clonal trisomy 21 (47,XY,+21[2]/46,XY[13]). The treatment included chemotherapy induction cycle with Idarrubicin and Ara-C (3+7) and consolidation with HDDAC. In April, 2007 a hematologic and immunophenotypic remission was observed, although a karyotype showed one methaphase with trisomies 13 and 21 (48,XY,+13,+21[1]/46,XY[19]. In October, 2007, cytometry and cytogenetic bone marrow studies showed complete remission.
	no inborn condition of note
Organomegaly :	no hepatomegaly ; no splenomegaly ; no enlarged lymph nodes ; no central nervous system involvement

Blood

WBC : 93 x 109/l; Hb : 9,8 g/dl; platelets : 40 x 109/l; blasts : 96%

Cyto pathology classification

Cytology : AML-M1

Immunophenotype : CD 45+ gate: CD117, CD34, HLA-DR, CD33, CD13, CD71, CD38, CD36, CD11c and cMPO.

Rearranged Ig Tcr : not done

Pathology : not done

Electron microscopy : not done

Precise diagnosis : AML in first relapse.

Survival

Date of diagnosis: 02-2008

Treatment : VP16/ Mitoxantrone/Ara-C

Complete remission : None

Treatment related death : -

Relapse : -

Phenotype at relapse : -

Status : Alive 09-2008

Survival : 7 month(s)

Karyotype

Sample : Bone marrow cells ; culture time : 24 h, and 48 hs without stimulating agents ; banding : G

Results : 46,XY,t(11;15)(q23;q14)[20]

Karyotype at relapse : not applied

Other molecular cytogenetics technics : FISH (bone marrow, LSI MLL Dual Color, Break Apart Rearrangement Probe, Vysis)

Other molecular cytogenetics results : nuc ish(MLLx2)[100]

Other molecular studies

technics : not done

Partial karyotypes- G-band- showing the t(11;15)(q23;q14) as the sole anomaly

Interphase FISH using MLL Dual Color, Break Apart Rearrangement probe- no MLL gene rearrangement was observed

Comments

Translocation t(11;15)(q23;q14) have been described in few cases of acute leukemia, including ALL2 and AML 1,3,4,7. Although rare, molecular studies have demonstrated the diversity of this cytogenetic abnormality, and MLL gene rearrangement could be or not detected 2,5. When it is present, two different genes could be fused to MLL (AF15q14 and MPFVE) 6,7. We described herein a t(11;15)(q23;q14) without MLL rearrangement in AML at first relapse. As this translocation was not detected at diagnosis, we could not discard the implication of previous chemotherapy in this cytogenetic abnormality.

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Contributor(s)

Written	04-2008	Elvira D Rodrigues Pereira Velloso, Silvia Helena Figueiredo, Cristina A Ratis, Ana Cláudia Brito, Nydia S Bacal, Yana AS Novis, Cristóvão LP Mangueira
		Laboratorio clínico Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Av. Albert Einstein, 627/701 - Morumbi - Sao Paulo, Brazil (EDRPV, SHF, CAR, ACB, NSB, CLPM); Hospital Sirio Libanes, Sao Paulo, Brazil (YASN)

Citation

This paper should be referenced as such :

Rodrigues Pereira Velloso ED, Figueiredo SH, Ratis CA, Brito AC, Bacal NS, Novis YAS, Mangueira CLP . . Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol. April 2008 . URL : http://AtlasGeneticsOncology.org/Genes/1115RodriguesID100034.html

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