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MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PAGEPRESS PUBL
DOI: 10.4084/MJHID.2018.002
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Acute promyelocytic leukemia; Molecular subtypes; APL variants; ZBT16-RARA fusion; APL rare translocations
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- Wellcome Trust/Department of Science & Biotechnology, Govt of India [IA/CPHI/14/1/501485]
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Atypical breakpoints and variant APL cases involving alternative chromosomal aberrations are seen in a small subset of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) patients. Over seven different partner genes for RARA have been described. Although rare, these variants prove to be a diagnostic challenge and require a combination of advanced cytogenetic and molecular techniques for accurate characterization. Heterogeneity occurs not only at the molecular level but also at clinico-pathological level influencing treatment response and outcome. In this case series, we describe the molecular heterogeneity of APL with a focus on seven variant APL cases from a single tertiary cancer center in India over a period of two and a half years. We discuss five cases with ZBTB16-RARA fusion and two novel PML-RARA variants, including a Bcr3 variant involving fusion of PML exon4 and RARA exon3 with an additional 40 nucleotides originating from RARA intron2, another involving exon 6 of PML and exon 3 of RARA with addition of 126 nucleotides, which mapped to the central portion of RARA intron 2. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case series of this kind from India.
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