Wang T Y, Raza A, Sait S N, Stein A, Schumer J, Sandberg A A
Department of Genetics and Endocrinology, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, New York.
Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 1988 Apr;31(2):187-91. doi: 10.1016/0165-4608(88)90216-6.
Reciprocal translocations, in addition to that of the Ph chromosome, though rare, have been reported in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). We describe here a case of Ph-positive CML with a new translocation, t (11;21) (q13;q22), and missing Y, which were present both during transformation to the blastic crisis and in the subsequent reversion to the chronic phase. The possible significance of this abnormality is discussed.