title: Aml1/ETO and Pml/RARA rearrangements in a case of AML-M2 acute myeloblastic leukemia with t(15;17).
abstract: We report a case of acute myeloid leukemia FAB-type 2 with a translocation t(15;17)(q22;q12) On the basis of the cytological findings, a translocation t(8;21)(q22;q22) was suspected. FISH analyses using specific probes for t(15;17) and t(8;21) detected both PML/RARalpha and AML1/ETO rearrangements in a few percentage of cells. This case demonstrates the complexities that may occur between cytology and cytogenetic findings and the usefulness of FISH methods to detect an AML1/ETO rearrangement only suspected by cytological examination of bone marrow smears.
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Cancer Center and Division of Medical Oncology, Denver, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Varella-Garcia
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brizard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Flandrin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Drabkin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brizard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D002884:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit; D005260:Female; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / Q000235:genetics*; D000075142:RUNX1 Translocation Partner 1 Protein; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D000072482:Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: C107844:AML1-ETO fusion protein, human; D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion; C000607071:RARA protein, human; D000075142:RUNX1 Translocation Partner 1 Protein; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D000072482:Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha; D014157:Transcription Factors; C093476:promyelocytic leukemia-retinoic acid receptor alpha fusion oncoprotein