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Prenatal acquisition of leukaemia-associated gene rearrangements is a well-established phenomenon. This is the first report of a complex cytogenetic clone, in association with an ETV6/AML1 fusion, developing in utero. Identical twin girls, aged 4 years, developed ETV6/AML1-positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) within 3 months of one another. Both demonstrated an identical four way, variant t(12;21). There was gain of an AML1 signal in twin 1 and loss of an ETV6 one in twin 2 at interphase. This unique case study demonstrates that ETV6/AML1 fusion and the associated complex chromosomal rearrangements occurred in utero. Clonal expansion of the abnormal cell in one twin was followed by metastasis to the other. There was a prolonged preleukaemic phase, which lasted well into childhood. The short time between the two diagnoses of ALL suggests a common precipitating event. The significance of the different secondary markers remains unclear.
Author(s): Broadfield ZJ, Hain RD, Harrison CJ, Jalali GR, McKinley M, Michalova K, Robinson HM, Zemanova Z, Martineau M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: British Journal of Haematology
Year: 2004
Volume: 126
Issue: 3
Pages: 307-12
ISSN (print): 0007-1048
ISSN (electronic): 1365-2141
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.05036.x
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.05036.x
Notes: Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England
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