Cytogenetic, cytomorphologic, and immunologic analysis in 55 children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Cancer Genet Cytogenet
; 88(1): 57-65, 1996 May.
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ABSTRACT
This paper presents the results of cytogenetic analysis in 55 children with acute lymphatic leukemia (ALL). Acquired chromosome aberrations were identified in 35 (63.6%) children. Difference in frequency of clonal aberrations depending on age of patients was observed. Thus, acquired aberrations were detected in all three children up to 6 months of age, in 57.8% in the group from 1-10 years, and in six (85.7%) of seven children older than 10 years of age at diagnosis. The analysis revealed chromosome aberrations specific for ALL. Hyperdiploidy >50 was identified in 20% of children, and the association with CALLA+ early pre-B and L2-ALL was observed. del(6) and t(1;19) were identified in 7.3% and 5.5% of children, respectively. No association with a specific morphology or specific immunophenotype for both structural aberrations has been established. The association of structural aberrations involving regions 14q11-12 and T-cell ALL, however, has been observed, as an aberration was identified in two (3.6%) children, i.e., in 25% of our T-cell leukemias. Interstitial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 13, a rare chromosomal aberration in ALL, was identified in addition to del(9)(q31) in a 17-month-old girl with constitutional trisomy of chromosome 21 and B-cell ALL-L2. Interesting is the finding of hyperdiploidy with 52 chromosomes and structural aberrations of chromosome 1 in a 1-month-old girl with morphologically unclassified CALLA+ pre-T acute leukemia. To our knowledge this is the first case of hyperdiploidy >50 in a neonatal leukemia.
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Asunto principal:
Aberraciones Cromosómicas
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Leucemia-Linfoma Linfoblástico de Células Precursoras
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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En
Revista:
Cancer Genet Cytogenet
Año:
1996
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Article