title: Correlation between chromosomal abnormalities and blast phenotype in the blast crisis of Ph-positive CGL.
abstract: We carried out cytogenetic analysis in 23 patients with Ph-positive chronic granulocytic leukemia in blast crisis. In all cases the type of blast cell was characterized by cytochemistry, immunologic markers, and ultrastructural studies. Twelve cases were classified as myeloid transformation, six as lymphoid, two as mixed (lymphoid and myeloid), and two were unclassifiable. Duplication of Ph was the most frequent abnormality in the whole series. Trisomy 8, i(17q) and trisomy 19 were seen only in patients with myeloid blast crisis (53%, 30%, and 23%, respectively). Our findings suggest that the nature of additional chromosome abnormalities arising in blasts with features of myeloid differentiation are different from those in blasts showing lymphoid differentiation.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Parreira
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kearney
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rassool
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Babapulle
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matutes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parreira
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tavares de Castro
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Catovsky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010641:Phenotype; D010677:Philadelphia Chromosome