title: Acute promyelocytic leukemia in early pregnancy with translocation t(15;17) and variant PML/RARA fusion transcripts.
abstract: A 32-year-old pregnant woman in the 13th gestational week was brought to Severance Hospital with gum bleeding and easy bruising. Initial laboratory results revealed anemia and thrombocytopenia. In a peripheral blood smear, 81% of leukocytes were large, abnormal promyelocytes. Bone marrow aspiration showed a hypercellular marrow with packed leukemic promyelocytes, and chromosome study revealed a karyotype of 46,XX,t(15;17)(q22;q21)[10]/46,XX[10]. In addition, variant fusion transcripts of PML/RARA were detected in the marrow specimen. The patient was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) and was treated with all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) and idarubicin. One month from the patient's initial diagnosis a follow-up bone marrow examination was performed, revealing complete remission (CR). We know of no previous reports of APL during pregnancy associated with variant PML/RARA fusion transcripts. Here, we describe a novel case of APL in a pregnant woman with a t(15;17) translocation and variant fusion transcripts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
authors.forename: Tae Sung
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Seung Tae
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jin Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jaewoo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Kyung-A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sue Jung
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yoon-Mi
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Seok
authors.forename: Hyeon-Ji
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jeong-Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Jong-Kee
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Eun Yup
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jong Rak
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015255:Idarubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007621:Karyotyping; D007723:Korea; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / Q000235:genetics*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D000071156:Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D000072482:Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion; D000071156:Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein; C000607071:RARA protein, human; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D000072482:Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha; D014157:Transcription Factors; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C070576:PML protein, human; D014212:Tretinoin; D015255:Idarubicin