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3488255

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
Telomeric fusion, a rare phenomenon, was observed in malignant cells from the peripheral blood of an 18-year-old male with rapidly progressive pre-T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Only two comparable cases, both with B-cell ALL, have been reported with telomeric fusion in neoplasia. All of the leukemic cells examined from our patient had two chromosome abnormalities consisting of partial triplication (trp) of chromosome 2 and a derivative chromosome 3. Approximately a third of the leukemic cells showed in addition telomere-telomere fusions. These involved the telomeric regions of 1p, 2p, 4q, 5q, 7q, 10q, 11q, 12p, 15p, 21p, and Xq and 3p of the derivative (3). The findings in this case suggest that telomeric fusion may function as a mechanism for the development of chromosome rearrangements that may play a role, albeit rarely, in human neoplasia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0340-6717
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
73
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
260-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Telomeric fusion in pre-T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Case Reports