title: Acute promyelocytic leukemia with t(15;17) and t(2;17;15).
abstract: Cytogenetic examination in a case of acute promyelocytic leukemia (FAB-M3) demonstrated a stem line with t(15;17) and a side line with t(2;17;15). This observation indicates either clonal evolution from the standard translocation or a de novo complicated translocation. Previous cases with three-way translocations in acute promyelocytic leukemia have been reviewed. Three-way translocations seem to occur with similar frequency in M2 and M3 types of acute myeloid leukemia and in chronic myelocytic leukemia.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002884:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D014178:Translocation, Genetic