title: Cytogenetically cryptic and FISH-negative PML/RARA rearrangement in acute promyelocytic leukemia detected only by PCR: an exceedingly rare phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Department of Pathology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Elvia Martinez
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Department of Pathology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX; Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Choladda V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Curry
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematopathology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Xinyan Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Department of Pathology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX; Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Stephen F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Sarabia
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Michele S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Redell
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Department of Pathology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX; Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Dolores H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lopez-Terrada
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Department of Pathology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX; Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX. Electronic address: aroy@bcm.edu.
authors.forename: Angshumoy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002884:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000175:diagnosis; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007621:Karyotyping; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy; D007964:Leukocytosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / Q000235:genetics*; D011379:Prognosis; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion; C093476:promyelocytic leukemia-retinoic acid receptor alpha fusion oncoprotein