Variant intra philadelphia translocation with rearrangement of BCR-ABL and ABL-BCR within the same chromosome in a patient with cALL.
A unique variant Philadelphia translocation accompanied by the loss of the short arm of chromosome 9 in a 32-year-old female with common acute lymphoblastic leukemia (cALL) is described. Furthermore, supernumerary chromosome 8 material was found as an insertion into the long arm of chromosome 2 and/or as ring chromosomes in addition to two normal chromosomes 8. The chromosomal abnormalities were identified by combined conventional chromosome banding analysis and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). The BCR-ABL rearrangement was confirmed by FISH and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) studies. Possible mechanisms leading to this variant intra Philadelphia translocation are discussed. The aberrations found have prognostic implications, because 9p anomalies confer an adverse effect to the already poor prognosis of Philadelphia-positive ALL.
Edelhäuser
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Institut für Medizinische Biologie der Universität Wien, Währinger Strasse 10, 1090, Wien, Austria.
Raber
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W
Mitterbauer
G
G
Mannhalter
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Lechner
K
K
Fonatsch
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C
D000328:Adult; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2 / Q000235:genetics; D002892:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22 / Q000235:genetics; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8 / Q000235:genetics; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9 / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007621:Karyotyping; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / Q000235:genetics*; D010677:Philadelphia Chromosome; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion; C406060:abl-bcr fusion protein, human; D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl