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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-1
pubmed:abstractText
Acute myeloid leukemia with inv(3)(q21q26.2) or t(3;3)(q21;q26.2) is a rare type of leukemia recently added to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification scheme. In this study, we analyzed the clinicopathologic and cytogenetic features of 30 cases of de novo acute myeloid leukemia with inv(3)/t(3;3). The median patient age was 53 years (range, 27-77 years). The platelet count was variable (range, 21-597 × 10(9)/l, median: 128 × 10(9)/l), and two (6.7%) patients presented with thrombocytosis (>450 × 10(9)/l). Morphologically, these neoplasms showed a spectrum of findings. Myelomonocytic differentiation was most common in 11 (37%) cases. Morphological evidence of dysplasia was observed in at least one lineage in 23 of 25 (92%) cases in which maturing elements could be assessed. In all, 5 (17%) patients had isolated inv(3) or t(3;3) and 25 (83%) patients had additional cytogenetic abnormalities, most often monosomy 7 (40%). Eleven (37%) patients had a complex karyotype (? 3 additional abnormalities). FLT3 gene mutation by internal tandem duplication was identified in 2 of 23 (9%) cases assessed. No clinical, pathological, or cytogenetic features independent of inv(3) or t(3;3) correlated with a worse outcome. However, patients treated with allogeneic stem cell transplantation (n=11) had a significantly better survival than did those treated with chemotherapy alone (n=17) (13.8 vs 8.0 months, P=0.041). We conclude that de novo acute myeloid leukemia associated with inv(3)/t(3;3) is an aggressive type of leukemia regardless of morphological or karyotypic findings, supporting the inclusion of this disease as a specific entity defined by inv(3)/t(3;3) in the WHO classification. Allogeneic stem cell transplantation seems to improve outcome in patients with this disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1530-0285
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
384-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21113141-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-Chromosome Inversion, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-Immunophenotyping, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-Karyotyping, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-Tandem Repeat Sequences, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-Texas, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-Translocation, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-World Health Organization, pubmed-meshheading:21113141-fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
De novo acute myeloid leukemia with inv(3)(q21q26.2) or t(3;3)(q21;q26.2): a clinicopathologic and cytogenetic study of an entity recently added to the WHO classification.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article