Trisomy 5 as the sole abnormality in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. A second case and review.
We describe a case of T-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukemia with trisomy 5 as the sole cytogenetic anomaly. This is only the second such case reported in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). A review of this rare abnormality and the associated clinical features is presented.
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Department of Pediatrics, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157.
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D000328:Adult; D002895:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics*; D014314:Trisomy