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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-3-17
pubmed:abstractText
A case of acute leukaemia with t(4;11) chromosomal abnormality in a 28-year-old woman is reported. At diagnosis, two blast cell populations were seen: 60% of the cells were small cells with lymphoid morphology, 40% were large cells with monocytic morphology. Cytochemical examination was consistent with acute myeloid leukaemia (peroxidase-positive in 10% of the cells), but surface markers were those of common acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (CALLA, B4, TdT-positive, but My7-, My9- and OKM1-negative). Five days after diagnosis, although the only treatment had been platelet transfusions, there was a change in morphological and immunological phenotype: 40% of the cells were lymphoid and 60% monocytic. Lymphoid markers were expressed in only 20-40% of cells, and myeloid markers appeared on up to 60% of cells. We conclude that t(4;11) leukaemia could originate in an undifferentiated progenitor cell, which can undergo further differentiation into lymphoblasts or monoblasts, and that we were able to observe this in vivo differentiation in our patient.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-5792
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
169-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Variations in morphological and immunological blast cell phenotype in a case of acute leukaemia with t(4;11) translocation.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article