Secondary acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with 4:11 translocation following treatment for Hodgkin's disease: case report and review of the literature

Leukemia. 1991 Jul;5(7):624-7.

Abstract

It is apparent that treatment of Hodgkin's disease can be complicated by the development of secondary leukaemia. Most such leukaemias are of the non-lymphocytic type. We describe here a patient treated for Hodgkin's disease with chemo- and radiotherapy who developed secondary acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with a non-random chromosomal abnormality t(4;11). The frequency of such cases is assessed by a literature review and evidence for their pluripotent cell origin is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Hodgkin Disease / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Radiation-Induced / genetics
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / etiology*
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / genetics
  • Translocation, Genetic*