title: Three adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and dic(7;9)(p11.2;p11).
abstract: We report the cases of three adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who had a dic(7;9)(p11.2;p11) on the diagnostic bone marrow cytogenetic analysis. All three were males with B-ALL (aged 25, 38, and 48 years) who at presentation had 90-100% replacement of marrow with lymphoblasts. One patient died 23 months post induction therapy, which was 9 months post allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT); as of writing, the other two patients were in remission and well, one of them at 4 years after SCT and the other at 7.5 years without SCT. To our knowledge, these cases are the first reported in adult ALL with dic(7;9) and demonstrate a consistent phenotype, with good initial response to therapy but variable long-term outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cytogenetics, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia. ellies@chw.edu.au
authors.forename: Arabella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Praboth
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
authors.forename: Crisoula
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Patsouris
authors.forename: Lynda J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7 / Q000235:genetics*; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9 / Q000235:genetics*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy; D012074:Remission Induction