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Key words: ALL, AMOL, mixed leukemia, congenitial leukemia, chromosome abnormality,
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c h r o m o s o m e have been r e p o r t e d to show various cell Bloomfield C. D., Brunning R. & Sagawa K. (1984)
m o r p h o l o g i e s or m e m b r a n e p h e n o t y p e s . Even t h o u g h Monoclonal antibody MCS-2 as the phorbol diester-
several mixed leukemia cases have been reported so far induced myeloid differentiation in acute undifferentiated
[2, 7, 9, 13, 16], cytogentic studies, which were per- leukemia. Cancer Res. 44, 2724.
f o r m e d on some of t h e m , only r e p o r t e d n o r m a l karyo- 6. Hagemeijer A., Hahlen K., Sizoo W. & Abels J. (1982)
types [2, 16]. Recently cells of acute leukemia with a Translocation (9;11) (p21;q23) in three cases of acute
t ( 4 : l l ) , which generally show l y m p h o i d a p p e a r a n c e , monoblastic leukemia. Cancer Genet. Cytogenet. 5, 95.
were s h o w n to possess features o f myeloid precussor cell 7. Hull M. T & Griep J. A. (1980) Mixed leukemia, lym-
characteristics by u l t r a s t r u c t u r a l a n d i m m u n o l o g i c a l phocytic and myelomonocytic. Ant. J. clin. Pathol. 74,
studies. [12]. 473.
T h e k a r y o t y p e o f o u r patient were s h o w n to be 46,X- 8. Kaneko Y., Rowley J. D., Maurer H. S., Varialkojis D. &
X, t(11;19) (q23;p13) at diagnosis, a n d additional ab- Moohr W. (1982) Chromosome pattern in childhood acute
n o r m a l i t i e s of + 6 or + 8 a n d i ( 1 9 p + ) a p p e a r e d at nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL). Blood 60, 389.
relapse. Even t h o u g h the 11q23 i n v o l v e m e n t is com- 9. Mertelsmann R., Koziner B., Ralph P., Filippa D.,
m o n l y observed in A M O L [1, 4, 6, 8], cells o f some McKenzie S.. Arlin Z. A., Gee T. S,, Moore M. A. S. &
cases with 11q23 a b n o r m a l i t i e s such as t ( 4 ; l l ) and Clarkson B. D. (1978) Evidence for distinct lymphocytic
t(11 ; 19) m a y be of early m y e l o - m o n o c y t o i d p r o g e n i t o r and monocytic populations in a patient with terminal
origin capable of exhibiting l y m p h o i d features to a transferase-positive acute leukemia. Blood 51, 1051.
limited extent. 10. Nagasaka M., Maeda S., Maeda H., Chen H., Kita K.,
Rovigatti et al. recently reported t h a t heavy chain im- Mabuchi O., Misu H., Matsuo T. & Sugiyama T. (1983)
m u n o g l o b u l i n gene r e a r r a n g e m e n t was f o u n d in A N L L Four cases of t(4;l 1) acute leukemia and its myelomono-
in children [14]. It is possible t h a t mixed leukemia with cytic nature in infants. Blood 61, 1174.
the 11q23 a b n o r m a l i t y may be a candiate t h a t has such 11. Nakazawa S., Mori T., Nishino K., lwata T., Takane K. &
rearrangements. Komuro K. (1981) Preparation and characterization of
monoclonal antibody using a leukemic cell line (KOPN-K)
11. Anti common ALL antigen. JPN. J. clin Hemat. suppl.
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