A newborn with congenital mixed phenotype acute leukemia with complex translocation t(10;11)(p12;q23) with KMT2A/MLLT10 rearranged – a report of an extremely rare case

Neonatal congenital leukemia (CL) constitutes less than 1% of all childhood leukemia cases and is diagnosed in 1 to 5 per million live births. In the neonatal period acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is described in 56-64% of cases, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in 21-38% of cases and mixed-phenotyp...

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Main Authors: Dawid Szpecht, Jolanta Skalska-Sadowska, Barbara Michniewicz, Janusz Gadzinowski, Ludmiła Machowska, Anna Pieczonka, Anna Przybyłowicz-Chalecka, Zuzanna Kanduła, Małgorzata Jarmuż-Szymczak, Krzysztof Lewandowski, Jacek Wachowiak
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Language:English
Published: Termedia Publishing House 2018-10-01
Series:Central European Journal of Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.termedia.pl/A-newborn-with-congenital-mixed-phenotype-acute-leukemia-with-complex-translocation-t-10-11-p12-q23-with-KMT2A-MLLT10-rearranged-a-report-of-an-extremely-rare-case,10,34298,1,1.html
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Summary:Neonatal congenital leukemia (CL) constitutes less than 1% of all childhood leukemia cases and is diagnosed in 1 to 5 per million live births. In the neonatal period acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is described in 56-64% of cases, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in 21-38% of cases and mixed-phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL) in less than 5% of cases. Rearrangements of the mixed-lineage leukemia (KMT2A alias MLL) gene are found in > 70% of infant leukemia cases. The incidence of the most frequent KMT2A rearrangements in newborns with congenital MPAL is unknown. We report a male term newborn with “blueberry muffin” syndrome, which had been noted at birth, as a presenting sign of acute leukemia. Eight-color multiparameter flow cytometry showed a blast population corresponding to a myeloid lineage with monocytic differentiation positive for CD33+/CD15+/CD11c+/CD64+/HLA-DR+/CD4+, negative for MPO–/CD34–/CD19–/CD79a–/CD117–/CD13–/CD14–/CD36–/cCD3–/CD2–/CD7–, and additionally positive for sCD3 (40%). Mixed-phenotype acute leukemia according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification was diagnosed with complex translocation t(10;11)(p12;q23) with KMT2A/MLLT10 rearrangement. The patient had an unfavorable response to chemotherapy and died on the 5th day of life.
ISSN:1426-3912
1644-4124