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Title: Essential thrombocythemia with myelofibrosis transformed into acute myeloid leukemia with der(1;15)(q10;q10): case report and literature review. Author: Charafeddine KM, Mahfouz RA, Zaatari GS, Ibrahim GY, Muwakkit SA, Najm ND, Farra CG. Journal: Cancer Genet Cytogenet; 2010 Jul 01; 200(1):28-33. PubMed ID: 20513531. Abstract: Translocations involving chromosomes 1 and 15 are uncommon in hematologic malignancies. So far, only 42 cases have been reported with t(1;15) as a reciprocal or complex chromosomal abnormalities. We herein report the first case in the literature, to our knowledge, of a 44-year-old female with essential thrombocythemia and severe myelofibrosis who developed acute myeloid leukemia (AML-M4) with der(1;15)(q10;q10) after 13 years of treatment. In addition, we reviewed the literature for all up-to-date published cases with t(1;15).[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]