title: Presence of three recurrent chromosomal reaarrangements, t(2;3)(p12;q37), del(8)(q24), and t(14;18), in an acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
abstract: A complex chromosomal abnormality associating three recurrent rearrangements, t(2;3)((p12;q37), del (8)(q24) and t(14;18)(q32;q21), was detected in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia of the Burkitt type. Southern blot studies showed rearrangements of the MYC, BCL2, and JH genes, thus confirming the cytogenetic data. However, no rearrangement of the LAZ3/BCL6 gene, normally localized on band 3q27, could be detected. The simultaneous presence of three recurrent rearrangements specific for lymphoid malignancies addresses the question of their timing in the malignant process and the prognostic significance of the association of such anomalies.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U 301, Institut de Génétique Moléculaire, Paris, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Flexor
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Le Coniat
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Larsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002883:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14; D002887:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic