Transformation of polycythemia vera to acute nonlymphocytic leukemia accompanied by t(1;3)(p36;q21) karyotype

Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 1988 Jul 15;33(2):193-200. doi: 10.1016/0165-4608(88)90029-5.

Abstract

The case of a patient with a history of polycythemia vera and 46,XX karyotype who transformed into acute nonlymphocytic leukemia with 46,XX,t(1;3)(p36;q21) rearrangement is reported. Significant percentages of the circulating blasts in the peripheral blood were positive on immunocytochemical stains for megakaryocyte markers, anti-Factor VIII, and antiglycoprotein IIb/IIIa. On the basis of our studies and published reports, trilineage hematopoietic abnormalities and a poor response to therapy may represent typical features of patients with t(1;3).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Leukemia / etiology
  • Leukemia / genetics*
  • Leukemia / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Polycythemia Vera / complications
  • Polycythemia Vera / genetics*
  • Polycythemia Vera / pathology
  • Translocation, Genetic*