title: Complex chromosome abnormality mimicking t(8;21)in an acute myeloblastic leukemia.
abstract: A patient with acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) and karyotypic abnormality mimicking t(8;21) is reported. Because of the uncommon morphology of blasts for AML with t(8;21), and absence of AML1-ETO fusion in the RT-PCR analysis, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was applied to precise the abnormality. FISH revealed a complex rearrangement involving chromosomes 7, 21 and 8, and involvement of the AML1 gene without evidence of AML1-ETO fusion. This case of unusual AML illustrates the necessity of collecting all hematologic, cytogenetic, and eventual FISH and RT-PCR data to analyse genetic rearrangements in leukemic patients.
authors.affiliation: Unité Inserm U434, SD 401 No 434 CNRS, institut de génétique moléculaire, 27, rue Juliette-Dodu, 75010, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Busson-Le Coniat
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002891:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007621:Karyotyping; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic