Yamaguchi Y, Fujii H, Kazama H, Iinuma K, Shinomiya N, Aoki T
Second Department of Pediatrics, Ohashi Hospital Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 1997 Aug;97(1):32-4. doi: 10.1016/s0165-4608(96)00321-4.
The present study examined an 11-year-old girl with Down syndrome who suffered from acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) preceded by preleukemic pancytopenia. Chromosomal analysis of leukemic cells revealed a chromosome change at t(8;21) and trisomy 8 associated with constitutional trisomy 21. Treatment with antineoplastic agents led to complete remission.