Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan.
Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan.
J Hematop. 2023 Jun;16(2):103-109. doi: 10.1007/s12308-023-00539-6. Epub 2023 Mar 22.
Adult B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) with t(4;11)(q21;q23) is very rare. It is characterized by mixed-lineage leukemia and has the potential for lineage switching during the treatment course. We report the disease course of a patient with B-ALL with t(4;11)(q21;q23) to demonstrate that close monitoring of cell morphology and immunophenotyping is necessary to capture the lineage switch at an early stage. Cell morphology, immunophenotyping, and cytogenetics were used to evaluate the patient's disease status. A 36-year-old woman was diagnosed with B-ALL with t(4;11)(q21;q23), which encodes the KMT2A::AFF1 fusion. After the initial induction chemotherapy, her disease remained refractory, and the patient received salvage immunotherapy with blinatumomab and inotuzumab ozogamicin. However, the ALL did not respond. Repeated bone marrow examinations unexpectedly revealed the emergence of a major population of monoblasts, in addition to a minor population of the original B lymphoblasts. The patient was diagnosed with disease evolution from B-ALL to mixed-phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL, B/myeloid). We present this case to highlight the potential of KMT2A-rearranged B-ALL to undergo lineage switch following B-cell targeted therapy. Patients with this kind of B-ALL should therefore be closely monitored to capture potential changes in the nature of the disease and prompt appropriate treatment.
成人 B 细胞急性淋巴细胞白血病(B-ALL)伴 t(4;11)(q21;q23)非常罕见。它的特征是混合谱系白血病,并在治疗过程中有谱系转换的潜力。我们报告了一例伴 t(4;11)(q21;q23)的 B-ALL 患者的疾病过程,以证明密切监测细胞形态和免疫表型对于在早期捕获谱系转换是必要的。细胞形态、免疫表型和细胞遗传学用于评估患者的疾病状态。一名 36 岁女性被诊断为伴 t(4;11)(q21;q23)的 B-ALL,该融合基因编码 KMT2A::AFF1。初始诱导化疗后,她的疾病仍未缓解,患者接受了blinatumomab 和 inotuzumab ozogamicin 挽救性免疫治疗。然而,ALL 没有反应。反复的骨髓检查意外地发现除了原始 B 淋巴母细胞的少量群体外,还出现了大量单核母细胞。该患者被诊断为疾病从 B-ALL 演变为混合表型急性白血病(MPAL,B/髓系)。我们提出这个病例是为了强调 KMT2A 重排的 B-ALL 在 B 细胞靶向治疗后发生谱系转换的潜力。因此,这类 B-ALL 患者应密切监测,以捕捉疾病性质的潜在变化,并及时进行适当的治疗。