title: [(9;11) (p21;q23) translocation: apropos of 2 new cases seen in acute undifferentiated monoblastic AML5a leukemia].
abstract: In a cytogenetic study of 54 patients with acute monoblastic leukaemias (AML5) two had a (9;11) (p21;q23) translocation. In addition to the clone, with t(9;11), both patients had a second clone with t(9;11) and trisomy 8. These two patients were aged 23 and 35 years at diagnosis and were classified as M5a in the FAB formulation. A complete remission was achieved in each case, persisting after 19 and 18 months respectively (autograft for one patient). Whereas chromosome 11 anomalies are involved in 13% of all AML5 cases, t(9;11) is less frequently encountered (3.7% in our experience).
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014314:Trisomy
vernacular_title: La translocation (9;11) (p21;q23): à propos de 2 nouveaux cas observés dans des leucémies aiguës monoblastiques indifférenciées LAM5a.