title: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia of Burkitt's type (L3 ALL) with 8;22 and 14;18 translocations and absent surface immunoglobulins.
abstract: A 57-year-old woman presented with L3 acute lymphoblastic leukemia demonstrating typical Burkitt's type morphology. Cytogenetic analysis revealed one of the variant translocations seen in Burkitt's lymphoma [t(8;22)] and a 14;18 translocation. Surface marker data at presentation and at autopsy demonstrated several B-cell markers, but absent surface immunoglobulins. The case presented here reveals a possible cytogenetic link between Burkitt's lymphoma and follicular center-cell lymphoma, and illustrates a variant surface marker profile for Burkitt's lymphoma.
mesh_terms: D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002901:Chromosomes, Human, 13-15; D002902:Chromosomes, Human, 16-18; D002904:Chromosomes, Human, 21-22 and Y; D002906:Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / Q000032:analysis*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell