Congenital acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (M7) with chromosomal t(1;22)(p13;q13) translocation in a set of identical twins

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 1999 Sep-Oct;21(5):428-30. doi: 10.1097/00043426-199909000-00017.

Abstract

Chromosomal translocations at t(1;22)(p13;q13) have been reported to occur in a number of infants with acute megakaryoblastic leukemia. A set of female twins with acute megakaryoblastic leukemia are reported with this unique translocation of 1p13 to 22q13. The twins presented at 2 months of age with fever and poor feeding and subsequently developed progressive hepatosplenomegaly. One twin died before treatment could be started; the other became septicemic 5 days after initiation of chemotherapy and eventually died.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bone Marrow Cells / pathology
  • Chromosome Mapping
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22*
  • Diseases in Twins / genetics*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute / drug therapy
  • Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute / genetics*
  • Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute / pathology
  • Splenomegaly
  • Translocation, Genetic*
  • Twins, Monozygotic*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents