The coexistence of acute myeloblastic leukemia and diffuse histiocytic lymphoma in the same patient as demonstrated by multiparameter analysis

Blood. 1979 Dec;54(6):1428-33.

Abstract

Measurement of cellular DNA content by flow cytometry demonstrated presence of two distinct aneuploid neoplasms in a patient who developed acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) 4 mo after diagnosis of a diffuse histiocytic lymphoma (DHL). A lymph node aspirate contained peroxidase-negative, "null," hyperdiploid (2.6C) DHL cells, while the bone marrow (BM) contained 84% primitive peroxidase-positive tetraploid AML cells (4.0C). Minor populations of hyperdiploid HDL and normal diploid cells could be detected by flow-cytometry in the BM, and all three populations were also seen in the peripheral blood.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • DNA
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications*
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Lymphoma / complications*
  • Male
  • Nucleotidyltransferases
  • RNA
  • Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell

Substances

  • Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell
  • RNA
  • DNA
  • Nucleotidyltransferases