title: Translocation t(8;16) in acute monocytic leukemia.
abstract: A report is given of three new cases of acute monocytic leukemia, FAB M5a, with a t(8;16)(p11;p13). Two cases showed a marked erythrophagocytosis, including one with phagocytosis of normoblasts and granulocytes. Phagocytosis was absent in the third case. The t(8;16) was the only abnormality in two cases, whereas one case showed clonal evolution with partial trisomy 1q and a deletion of part of the short arms of chromosomes 1 and 3. Treatment results and survival were poor in all cases. A complete remission was achieved in two patients, which lasted only for 3 and 6 months, respectively. In one of these cases a central nervous system relapse occurred. Survival was short, lasting between 1 and 9 months. One patient succumbed to interstitial pneumonitis, a complication of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation without evidence for relapsing leukemia.
authors.affiliation: Innere Universitätsklinik (Tumorforschung), West German Tumor Center, Essen.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Becher
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Graeven
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bettelheim
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ambros
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fridrik
authors.forename: U W
authors.initials: UW
authors.lastname: Schaefer
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002885:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers