title: Pericentric inversion of chromosome 16 and eosinophilia in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.
abstract: We report a case of myelodysplastic syndrome with bone marrow eosinophilia and the chromosomal abnormality, inv(16)(p13q22). Hematologic findings including monocytosis and trilineage myelodysplasia were consistent with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, and numerous abnormal eosinophils were present in the bone marrow. Chromosomal analysis of all metaphase cells from peripheral blood and bone marrow revealed in(16)(p13q22), which is well known characteristic of acute myelomonocytic leukemia with eosinophilia (M4Eo). Both monocytes and eosinophils in this case may be derived from common leukemic progenitors affected by inv(16)(p13q22).
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Harasanshin General Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oogami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murakawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niho
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000473:pathology*; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D007446:Chromosome Inversion; D002885:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D015477:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male