title: Jumping translocations of 3q in acute promyelocytic leukemia.
abstract: Jumping translocation is a rare phenomenon, seldom reported to occur in cancer. A complex four-way translocation involving chromosomes 3, 9, 15, and 17 was identified in the chromosome study on a patient with a history of an acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). In the follow-up studies, the same complex rearrangement exhibited a jumping translocation between chromosomes 3 and 9 in one clone and 3 and 6 in another clone. This is the first reported case of jumping translocation in APL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis University School of Medicine, MO 63104, USA.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Batanian
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Dunphy
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Wall
mesh_terms: D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002884:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D002896:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007223:Infant; D007621:Karyotyping; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic