title: Duplication 15q as the sole anomaly in an acute promyelocytic leukemia patient without t(15;17).
abstract: We present a unique chromosomal abnormality found in a patient with acute myeloblastic leukemia of French-American-British subtype M3. The patient was referred for an evaluation of a chromosomal anomaly exclusively associated with FAB M3 or acute promyelocytic leukemia: a translocation between chromosomes 15 and 17, t(15;17)(q22;q21.1). Neither t(15;17) nor rearrangement of RARalpha was detected by routine G-banded chromosome as well as fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis using the commercial dual-color PML/RARalpha translocation probe and the RARalpha probe, a break apart rearrangement dual-color probe. Instead of the typical rearrangement between chromosomes 15 and 17, all cells analyzed had a duplication of the segment of chromosome 15 between bands 15q15 and 15q26.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
authors.forename: Lijun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Mulvihill
authors.forename: William F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Kern
authors.forename: Johnny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McMinn
authors.forename: Shibo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D002884:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15 / Q000235:genetics*; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D020440:Gene Duplication; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007621:Karyotyping; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D014178:Translocation, Genetic