Department of Hematology, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, People's Republic of China.
J Int Med Res. 2020 May;48(5):300060520919237. doi: 10.1177/0300060520919237.
Blast crisis develops in a minority of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia even in the era of tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy. Reports suggest that we know little about the mechanism of BCR-ABL and AML1-ETO co-expression in blast crisis of chronic myeloid leukemia, and that other chromosomal abnormalities also coexist. Here, we document an unusual and interesting case of a 51-year-old female diagnosed in the chronic phase of chronic myeloid leukemia. After undergoing TKI treatment for 3 months, her bone marrow aspirates in the chronic phase had transformed to blast crisis. Molecular genetic testing indicated she was positive for p210 form of BCR-ABL (copy number decreased from 108.91% to 56.96%) and AML1-ETO fusion (copy number, 5.65%) genes and had additional chromosomal abnormalities of t(8; 21)(q22; q22)/t(9; 22)(q34; q11), t(2; 5)(p24; q13) and an additional +8 chromosome.
尽管在酪氨酸激酶抑制剂 (TKI) 治疗时代,少数慢性髓性白血病患者会发展为急变期。但有报告称,我们对慢性髓性白血病急变期中 BCR-ABL 和 AML1-ETO 共表达的机制知之甚少,而且还存在其他染色体异常。在这里,我们记录了一例不常见且有趣的 51 岁女性慢性髓性白血病慢性期患者的病例。该患者在接受 TKI 治疗 3 个月后,慢性期的骨髓抽吸物转化为急变期。分子遗传学检测表明,她的 BCR-ABL(p210 形式)(拷贝数从 108.91%下降至 56.96%)和 AML1-ETO 融合(拷贝数为 5.65%)基因阳性,并且还存在额外的染色体异常 t(8;21)(q22;q22)/t(9;22)(q34;q11)、t(2;5)(p24;q13)和一个额外的+8 号染色体。