ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC-LEUKEMIA (M2) WITH TRANSLOCATION(7-11) FOLLOWED BY MARKED EOSINOPHILIA AND ADDITIONAL ABNORMALITIES OF CHROMOSOME-5

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ABE, A [1 ]
TANIMOTO, M [1 ]
TOWATARI, M [1 ]
MATSUOKA, A [1 ]
KITAORI, K [1 ]
KATO, H [1 ]
TOYOZUMI, H [1 ]
TAKEO, T [1 ]
ADACHI, K [1 ]
EMI, N [1 ]
KAWASHIMA, K [1 ]
SAITO, H [1 ]
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[1] MEITETSU HOSP, NAGOYA, AICHI, JAPAN
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10.1016/S0165-4608(95)00021-6
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We present an 18-year-old woman who was diagnosed with acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML M2), and in whom chromosome analysis of bone marrow cells revealed t(7;11), on abnormality rarely found in leukemias with a differentiation potency. She relapsed 1 year after complete remission was achieved by chemotherapy. Bone marrow examination then revealed a t(7;11) abnormality in 48 of 50 metaphases examined, even when there were less than 7.5% leukemic blasts in the marrow, indicating that the morphologically normal cells were derived from leukemic blasts. The number of leukemia clones with the additional abnormalities in chromosome 5 increased, with concurrent development of eosinophilia, fever, asthma-like symptoms, erythema, itching, and hepatosplenomegaly. Elevation of interleukin 5 (IL-5) in serum and an enhanced expression of IL-5 mRNA were also detected. The increase in IL-5 may have been produced by on abnormality on chromosome 5.
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