Molecular Flashcards
AML with t(8;21)(q22;q22.1)
RUNX1-RUNX1T1
Diagnosis can be made with <20% blasts
Blasts usually large, often granulated with frequent Auer rods.
Dysgranulopoiesis is common
AML with inv(16)(p13.1.q22) or t(16;16)(p13.1;q22)
CBFB-MYH11
Diagnosis can be made with <20% blasts
Blasts usually have myelomonocytic features.
Increased bone marrow (but not blood) eosinophils with abnormal mixed eosinophilic-basophilic granules.
t(15;17)(q24;q21.2)
Acute promyelocytic leukemia with PML-RARA
(can have variants)
Diagnosis can be made with <20% blasts
Numerous promyelocytes with Auer rodes
Microglandular variant with bilobed nuclei
AML with t(9;11)(p21.3;q23.3)
KMT2A-MLLT3
Blasts usually have monocytic features
AML with t(6;9)(p23;q34.1)
DEK-NUP214
variable blast morphology
basophilia in about half of cases
AML with inv(3)(q21.3q26.2) or t(3;3)q21.3;q26.2)
juxtaposing GATA2 & MECOM genes
Thrombocytosis may occur
Frequent background dysplasia especially in megakaryocytes
AML with t(1;22)(p13;q13.1)
RBM15-MKL1
Blasts have megakaryocytic features
Most often occurs in infants
AML with t(9;22)(q34;q11.2)
BCR-ABL
Provisional entity
De novo disease with no antecedent of concurrent evidence of CML
AML with mutated NPM1
Blasts often have monocytic features and “cup-shaped” nuclear contour, de novo disease
No defining cytogenetic features of AML-MRC
AML with biallelic mutations of CEBA
Biallelic (double) mutation of CEBPA
Can occur in setting of germline single CEBPA mutation; de novo disease
No defining cytogenetic features of AML-MRC
AML with mutated RUNX1
Provisional entity
Defined as a de novo disease
No definite cytogenetic features of AML-MRC
B-ALL with t(9;22)(q34.1;q11.2)
BCR ABL1 rearrangement
No specific morphology
Usually CD10+, often CD25+
Incidence increased with age
Uncommon in children
Adverse prognosis
B-ALL with t(v;11q23.3)
KMT2A rearrangement (variant partners)
No specific morphology
Usually CD10 negative
Most common in infants <1 year of age
Also seen in older adults
Adverse prognosis
B-ALL with t(12;21)(p13.2;q22.1)
ETV6-RUNX1 rearrangement
No specific morphology
Usually CD34+ and CD20 negative
Most common in children >1 year of age
Rare in adults
Favorable prognosis
B-ALL with hyperdiploidy
> 50 chromosomes
extra copies of 4,14, 21 and X are most common
No specific morphology
CD34+ and often CD45 negative
Most common in children
Uncommon in adults
Favorable prognosis