title: A translocation between 3q21 and 12q24 in a patient with minimally differentiated acute myeloid leukemia (AML-M0).
abstract: Only a small number of reports have described the cytogenetic analysis of minimally differentiated acute myeloid leukemia (AML, M0). We performed a cytogenetic analysis on a patient with AML (M0) with a normal platelet count. It revealed a chromosomal translocation between chromosome bands 3q21 and 12q24. 3q. Abnormalities in AML are known to be associated with normal or elevated platelet counts. 3q21 and 12q24 are common translocation sites in AML patients, but this is the first report of translocation t(3;12)(q21;q24) in an AML patient.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamagata
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shimazaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kikuta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sumikuma
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sudo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ashihara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inaba
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002881:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014178:Translocation, Genetic