t(7;11) and trilineage myelodysplasia in acute myelomonocytic leukemia

Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 1996 Jan;86(1):72-5. doi: 10.1016/0165-4608(95)00160-3.

Abstract

A 48-year-old Japanese man was admitted to our hospital because of general fatigue, nasal bleeding, and petechiae on his extremities. He was diagnosed with acute myelomonocytic leukemia with trilineage myelodysplasia (T-MDS). Chromosomal analysis of bone marrow cells revealed t(7;11)(p15;p15), which has been rarely reported but known to be characteristic of Japanese patients. Although t(7;11)(p15;p15) has been reported mainly in acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), it can be occasionally found in so-called stem cell diseases such as chronic myelogenous leukemia or chronic myeloproliferative disorders. Therefore, t(7;11)(p15;p15) might affect trilineage progenitors or stem cells as well as myeloid lineage cells, subsequently resulting in AML with T-MDS, as in our case reported here.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Karyotyping
  • Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute / drug therapy
  • Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute / genetics*
  • Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / drug therapy
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / genetics*
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / pathology
  • Translocation, Genetic*