Inversion of chromosome 16 and bone marrow eosinophilia in a myelomonocytic transformation of chronic myeloid leukemia

Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 1992 Jul 15;61(2):197-200. doi: 10.1016/0165-4608(92)90086-n.

Abstract

We report a case of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in myelomonocytic transformation associated with bone marrow (BM) eosinophilia. At diagnosis, all BM cells showed a Ph chromosome. At the time of blastic phase, more than 50% of Ph+ cells had a pericentric inversion of chromosome 16, inv(16)(p13q22). This case confirms that blastic transformation of CML can involve any committed progenitor, and myelomonocytic leukemia with BM eosinophilia is specifically associated with rearrangement of chromosome 16 at band p13 and q22.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Blast Crisis / blood
  • Blast Crisis / complications
  • Blast Crisis / genetics*
  • Blast Crisis / pathology
  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • Chromosome Inversion*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16*
  • Eosinophilia / complications*
  • Eosinophilia / genetics
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute / genetics*
  • Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Philadelphia Chromosome*