Two additional cases of acute myeloid leukemia with t(7;11)(p15;p15) having low neutrophil alkaline phosphatase scores.
We report two additional patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and a translocation between chromosomes 7 and 11: t(7;11)(p15;p15). One patient was diagnosed as having AML-M2 and the other as AML with myelofibrosis. Both patients had low-level neutrophil alkaline phosphatase (NAP) scores. In the literature, only 15 AML patients with t(7;11)(p15;p15) have been reported; nine of them had an AML-M2 morphology, and all had a decreased NAP score. Moreover, mean survival of the reported AML patients with t(7;11)(p15;p15) was 15 months, although 85% of them obtained complete remission, indicating that this type of leukemia frequently tends to relapse. These findings indicate a strong association between the chromosome abnormality and hematologic manifestations of this disease.
Fujimura
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First Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical College, Japan.
Ohyashiki
K
K
Ohyashiki
J H
JH
Kawakubo
K
K
Iwabuchi
A
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Kodama
A
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Toyama
K
K
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003630:Daunorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D015122:Mercaptopurine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000201:enzymology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D055728:Primary Myelofibrosis / Q000209:etiology; D012074:Remission Induction; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
D003561:Cytarabine; D011239:Prednisolone; D015122:Mercaptopurine; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D003630:Daunorubicin