[Acute lymphocytic leukemia with thrombophlebitis of lower limbs and translocation (4;11)].

ABSTRACT

On November 22, 1985, a 54-year-old male was admitted to the cardiovascular department of our hospital suffering from thrombophlebitis, with redness, swelling and pain around the right ankle and left knee. He was transferred to our department on Nov. 26, because of hyperleukocytosis. Peripheral blood examination revealed hyperleukocytosis with 93.0% blastic cells and thrombocytopenia. The bone marrow aspirate was hypercellular and almost all cells were consistent with peroxidase negative blastic cells. The blastic cells were Leu M1 positive and Leu M2, M3 and lymphocytic markers were negative. The patient was diagnosed to have acute lymphocytic leukemia with Leu M1 positive blast cells. BH-AC/DMP therapy was began on the 1st hospital day but he died of cerebral haemorrhage on the 4th hospital day. An autopsy revealed systemic infiltration of leukemic cells including thrombophlebitis of the legs. Chromosome analysis of the bone marrow cells showed t(4;11)(q21;q23).