Translocation t(3;4)(q26;q21) in myelodysplastic syndrome with megakaryoblastic proliferation

Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 1988 Aug;34(1):5-9. doi: 10.1016/0165-4608(88)90160-4.

Abstract

A 74-year-old Japanese male with a 4-year history of refractory anemia with excess of blasts is reported here. Chromosome study revealed the bone marrow cells of this patient to contain a t(3;4)(q26;q21). Ultrastructural analysis of platelet peroxidase and immunocytochemical study using monoclonal antibody for platelet antigen revealed a large number of blasts in the bone marrow to be megakaryoblasts. Thus, this case was thought to be one of a myelodysplastic syndrome with excess of blasts including megakaryoblastic proliferation showing chromosome changes at 3q26 and 4q21. The relationship of the anomaly on the long arm of a chromosome #3, especially at band 3q26, to abnormal megakaryoblastic proliferation is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Blood Platelets / enzymology
  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • Cell Division
  • Chromosome Banding
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4*
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Male
  • Megakaryocytes / cytology*
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / blood
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / genetics*
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / pathology
  • Peroxidases / blood
  • Translocation, Genetic*

Substances

  • Peroxidases