title: Dicentric translocation (9;12) presenting as refractory Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia.
abstract: A 66-year-old Caucasian woman presented with a Philadelphia chromosome positive common B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and a dic(9;12) involving the der(9)t(9;22), a rearrangement so far not observed in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The patient was treated for the acute lymphoblastic leukemia, but showed refractory disease and died 6 months after initial diagnosis. This case suggests that, in the combination of t(9;22) and dic(9;12), the known poor prognostic feature of t(9;22) in acute lymphoblastic leukemia may outweigh the favorable outcome reported in patients with dic(9;12).
authors.affiliation: Center of Oncology/Hematology and Transfusionmedicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bargetzi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mühlematter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tichelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jotterand
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wernli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics*; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002881:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics*; D012008:Recurrence; D014178:Translocation, Genetic