t neonatal acute megakaryoblastic leukemia: A case report

Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL) is a rare disease, occurring mostly in infants and young children. The chromosomal translocation t(1;22)(p13;q13), resulting in the RBM15-MKL1 fusion gene, is a recurrent and diagnostic translocation in infants with AMKL. The present case report describes a cas...

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Published in:Molecular and clinical oncology 2023-03, Vol.18 (3)
Main Authors: Messiaen, Julie, Uyttebroeck, Anne, Michaux, Lucienne, Vandenberghe, Peter, Boeckx, Nancy, Jacobs, Sandra A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anemia
Chromosomes
Cytogenetics
Diagnosis
Infants (Newborn)
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Summary:Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL) is a rare disease, occurring mostly in infants and young children. The chromosomal translocation t(1;22)(p13;q13), resulting in the RBM15-MKL1 fusion gene, is a recurrent and diagnostic translocation in infants with AMKL. The present case report describes a case of a newborn girl, without Down's syndrome, with congenital AMKL. At birth, the infant had hepatosplenomegaly and the peripheral blood count revealed anemia, thrombopenia and leukocytosis, with 28% blasts. Immunophenotyping demonstrated blasts positive for CD34, CD61 and CD42b. Karyotyping of these blasts (R-banding) showed a hitherto unreported chromosomal translocation, t(1;7;22)(p13;q21;q13), a 3-way variant of the t(1;22)(p13;q13) variant. Fluorescent in situ hybridization analysis confirmed the presence of the RBM15-MKL1 fusion gene. Key words: acute myeloid leukemia' chromosomal translocation' pediatric hematology
ISSN:2049-9450
DOI:10.3892/mco.2023.2614