title: Simultaneous presence of translocations t(14;18) and t(2;8) in a case of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
abstract: We report a patient with classical chronic lymphocytic leukemia of IgM kappa phenotype and a stable clinical course, in which repeated chromosome analyses of blood lymphocytes revealed the coexistence of t(14;18), a marker often associated with follicular low grade lymphocytic lymphomas, and t(2;8), a variant of the t(8;14) typically seen in Burkitt's lymphoma. Both these translocations involve immunoglobulin gene regions, the t(2;8) being almost always found in patients with kappa light chain restriction. However, in an EBV-immortalized cell line of this patient, most karyotypes contained t(14;18) alone, without the t(2;8). This suggests that t(14;18) was the primary cytogenetic event, and that t(2;8) evolved subsequently. As a secondary cytogenetic event, the t(2;8) may not share the grave clinical consequences of a primary t(2;8) as seen in Burkitt's lymphoma and related disorders.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002460:Cell Line; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D002900:Chromosomes, Human, 1-3; D002901:Chromosomes, Human, 13-15; D002902:Chromosomes, Human, 16-18; D002906:Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X; D005819:Genetic Markers; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers