title: Bone and brain involvement in a case of diffuse large B cell lymphoma associated with t(2;3)(p12;q27).
abstract: We report a 57-year-old male with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) associated with t(2;3)(p12;q27). The patient showed bone lesions at presentation and brain involvement at relapse in addition to systemic lymph node swelling. Histological diagnosis was malignant lymphoma, diffuse, large cell, immunoblastic, plasmacytoid. Chromosome analysis revealed t(2;3) which is a variant type of t(3;14)(q27;q32). Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis disclosed splits of signals of BCL-6 gene. Among the cases reported in the literature, the common feature of t(2;3)(p11 or p12;q27) was diffuse, large cell lymphoma of B cell, kappa phenotype and four patients immunosuppressive state before lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Akita University of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Utsumi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohshima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chubachi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takatsu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014178:Translocation, Genetic