title: Childhood acute myeloid leukemia with hemophagocytosis by the blasts and inv(8)(p11q13) with MOZ-TIF2 fusion transcripts.
abstract: We describe a unique case of de novo childhood acute myeloid leukemia in which the blasts showed evidence of hemophagocytosis and harbored inv(8) (p11q13) chromosomal abnormality. Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction showed the presence of 2 MOZ-TIF2 fusion transcripts. To our knowledge, this is the eighth overall and the fourth childhood case of acute myeloid leukemia with inv(8) (p11q13) with MOZ-TIF2 fusion.
authors.affiliation: Division of Haematopathology, Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mohamed.abdelhaleem@sickkids.ca
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abdelhaleem
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shago
authors.forename: Kassa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beimnet
authors.forename: Ebrahim
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sayeh
authors.forename: Sandip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bartakke
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weitzman
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D051359:Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic