Case Report Section
Paper co-edited with the European LeukemiaNet
Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol. 2011; 15(9) 806
Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics
in Oncology and Haematology
OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL AT INIST-CNRS
A new case of translocation t(14;14)(q11;q32) in B
lineage ALL
Elvira D Rodrigues Pereira Velloso, Priscila Pereira dos Santos Teixeira, Karina Prandi Melillo,
Luciana J Rodrigues da Silva, Cristina Alonso Ratis, Daniela Borri, Cristóvão LP Mangueira
Clinical Laboratory, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil (EDRPV, PPdST, LJRdS, CAR,
DB, CLPM); CASE Intermedica, Sao Paulo, Brazil (KPM)
Published in Atlas Database: February 2011
Online updated version : http://AtlasGeneticsOncology.org/Reports/t1414BALLVellosoID100048.html
DOI: 10.4267/2042/46023
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 France Licence.
© 2011 Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology
Clinics
Age and sex
43 years old male patient.
Previous history
no preleukemia ; no previous malignancy ; no inborn
condition of note.
Organomegaly
hepatomegaly , splenomegaly , no enlarged lymph
nodes , central nervous system involvement.
Blood
WBC : 227X 10
9
/l
HB : 5,9g/dl
Platelets : 51X 10
9
/l
Blasts : 12%
Bone marrow : aspirate: 90% lymphoblast%
Cyto-Pathology
Classification
Cytology
LLA-L2
Immunophenotype
HLA-DR+, TdT+, CD79a+, CD19+, cyCD22+,
CD20+, CD10+
Rearranged Ig Tcr
rearranged IGH (FISH)
Pathology
not done
Electron microscopy
not done
Diagnosis
common B-ALL
Survival
Date of diagnosis: 02-2009
Treatment: Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB)
protocol
Complete remission : not evaluated
Treatment related death : Neutropenia and lung
infection
Relapse : no
Status: Death. Last follow up: 03-2009
Survival: 20 days
Karyotype
Sample: Bone marrow
Culture time: 24 and 48 hours without stimulating
agents
Banding: G
Results: 46,XY,t(14;14)(q11;q32.1)[20]
Karyotype at Relapse: not done
Other molecular cytogenetics technics
FISH using IGH Break Apart Rearrangement Probe,
Vysis
Other molecular cytogenetics results
nuc ish(IGHx2)(5'IGH sep 3'IGHx1)[154/200]/
(5'IGHx2,3'IGHx1)(5'IGH con 3'IGHx1)[33/200]