title: Trisomy 5 as the sole abnormality in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. A second case and review.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157.
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Buss
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hurd
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pettenati
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002895:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics*; D014314:Trisomy