p190 BCR-ABL rearrangement in chronic myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 1999 Aug;113(1):100-2. doi: 10.1016/s0165-4608(99)00014-x.

Abstract

A minority of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) cases have breakpoint in the minor cluster region (m-bcr) of the BCR-ABL fusion gene. We report a patient with Ph-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia and m-bcr breakpoint at diagnosis. The patient was treated with chemotherapy followed by an autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, achieving a clinical and hematological complete remission but with persistence of the Philadelphia chromosome. One year later, she developed leukocytosis with a blood picture consistent with CML. She was treated with hydroxyurea and interferon alpha with no response. This is the second case of m-bcr CML reported presenting with features of lymphoid blast crisis or acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / genetics*
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / genetics*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

  • Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl