Kf. Wong et al., Cytogenetic triclonality in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A conventional and molecular cytogenetic study, CANC GENET, 116(1), 2000, pp. 77-80
Cytogenetically-unrelated clones are infrequently seen in hematologic malig
nancies, and are particularly uncommon in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. We
report a case of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with L2 morphology whi
ch demonstrated three cytogenetically distinct clones: 46,XY, t(2;9)(p21;q3
4)/46,XY,del(6)(q21q23)/47,XX,+8. Interphase cytogenetic analysis by fluore
scence in situ hybridization (FISH) confirmed the presence of trisomy 8 in
a significant proportion of lymphoblasts, while reverse transcription-polym
erase chain reaction (RT-PCR) did not show the presence of BCR/ABL fusion.
This is the first report describing the occurrence of cytogenetic triclonal
ity in de novo T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. (C) Elsevier Science in
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