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ArticleBiomarker research2016

Pediatric chronic myeloid leukemia with inv(3)(q21q26.2) and T lymphoblastic transformation: a case report.

Margaret Lewen, Renee Gresh, Maria Queenan, Michele Paessler, Vinodh Pillai, Elizabeth Hexner, Dale Frank, Adam Bagg, Richard Aplenc, Emi Caywood and 1 more

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Margaret LewenDepartment of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts USA.
Renee GreshNemours Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware USA.
Maria QueenanDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware USA.
Michele PaesslerDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA ; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA.
Vinodh PillaiDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA ; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA.
Elizabeth HexnerDepartment of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA.
Dale FrankDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA.
Adam BaggDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA.
Richard AplencDivision of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA.
Emi CaywoodNemours Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware USA.
Gerald WertheimDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA ; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA.

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Abstract

backgroundChronic myeloid leukemia (CML) comprises ~3 % of pediatric leukemia. Although therapy with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) is highly effective for CML, multiple factors have been identified as predictive of treatment failure. Chromosomal abnormalities involving the MECOM locus at 3q26 portend therapy resistant disease in adults, yet have never been described in pediatric patients and have not been associated with T lymphoblastic progression. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of an 11-year-old boy with CML possessing the unique combination of T lymphoblastic transformation and a subclone harboring inv(3)(q21q26.2) at diagnosis. This is the first reported case of pediatric CML with inv(3)(q21q26.2) and the first case of T lymphoblastic progression associated with this karyotype. The patient was treated with single agent TKI therapy with robust initial response. Marrow histology at one month showed restoration of trilineage hematopoiesis and BCR-ABL RT-PCR at three months showed a 1.4 log reduction in transcript levels.

conclusionsThe karyotypic abnormality of inv(3)(q21q26.2) in CML is not restricted to adult patients. Moreover, while chromosome 3 abnormalities are markers of TKI resistance in adults, our patient showed a robust early response to single agent TKI therapy. This finding suggests pediatric CML with inv(3)(q21q26.2) may have distinct features and more favorable treatment responses than those described in adults.

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Additional chromosomal abnormalitiesBlast phaseCase reportChronic myeloid leukemiaMECOM

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