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ArticleThe Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences2012

Therapy-related acute lymphoblastic leukemia with t(4;11)(q21;q23) masqueraded as marrow lymphocytosis in a patient with breast cancer.

Yen-Hsun Chen, Yen-Chuan Hsieh, Shu-Hui Lin, Szu-Yin Kuo, Chiou-Ping Liu, Wei-Shou Hwang, Wen-Tsung Huang, Yin-Hsun Feng, Shih-Sung Chuang, Ching-Nan Lin

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Article in The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Yen-Hsun ChenDivision of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi-Mei Liouying Hospital, 901 Chung-Hwa Road, Tainan, Taiwan.
Yen-Chuan Hsieh
Shu-Hui Lin
Szu-Yin Kuo
Chiou-Ping Liu
Wei-Shou Hwang
Wen-Tsung Huang
Yin-Hsun Feng
Shih-Sung Chuang
Ching-Nan Lin
Chi Mei Medical Center · TW

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Abstract

Therapy-related acute leukemia develops in patients after chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy for a prior cancer, and most cases are acute myeloid leukemia with a much lower frequency of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). One unique feature of these therapy-related ALL (t-ALL) is an increased incidence of chromosome band 11q23 aberrations as compared with de novo ALL. In adult female patients, breast cancer is the most common primary cancer. Herein, we report the case of a 49-year-old Taiwanese lady who developed t-ALL with t(4;11)(q21;q23) 16 months after cyclophosphamide, epirubicin, and 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy for her breast cancer. The unusual feature is that the t-ALL was heralded 4 months ago by marrow lymphocytosis comprising atypical small lymphocytes with condensed chromatin mimicking a B-cell chronic lymphoproliferative disorder. Retrospective studies using additional antibodies for immunophenotyping and PCR-based clonality study for immunoglobulin gene rearrangement showed that these atypical small lymphocytes shared similar features with the leukemic blasts at the frank leukemic stage. Our results suggest that these atypical small lymphocytes are lymphoblasts in disguise and that the clinicopathological correlations with ancillary pathological studies are important to reach a definitive diagnosis of such an unusual case.

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Breast NeoplasmsChromosome AberrationsChromosomes, Human, Pair 11FemaleHumansMiddle AgedPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma

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PMID22385611
PMCPMC11916308
OpenAlexW1969125714

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