B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with L1 morphology and coexistence of t(1;19) and t(14;18) chromosome translocations

Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 1994 Nov;78(1):23-7. doi: 10.1016/0165-4608(94)90041-8.

Abstract

We report a case of adult de novo acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with unique cytogenetic abnormalities and discrepant morphologic and immunologic features. Morphology was L1 by the French-American-British classification, but flow cytometry was consistent with a mature B-cell phenotype. Cytogenetic analysis showed numerous chromosome abnormalities nonspecific for lymphoid neoplasm except for t(1;19) and t(14;18). The former is characteristic of pre-B-ALL and the latter is characteristic of follicular lymphoma. This is the first report of these two translocations occurring concurrently in ALL.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • Burkitt Lymphoma / genetics*
  • Burkitt Lymphoma / pathology
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Translocation, Genetic*