Congenital monoblastic leukemia cutis. A case report with chromosomal abnormality: del (10p)

Am J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 1986 Summer;8(2):158-62.

Abstract

Congenital monoblastic leukemia cutis is a rare disorder. We report an infant who developed infiltrative skin lesions by 2 weeks of age, which, when biopsied at 4 1/2 months of age revealed a monoblastic infiltrate. Blasts in the peripheral blood were not seen until 1 week before her death at 8 months of age. Chromosomal analyses of her bone marrow showed an abnormal clone of cells with a 46,XX,del(10)(p12) karyotype. Although chromosome 10 is rarely involved in hematologic malignancies, abnormalities of this chromosome within the region 10p11-10p13 have now been shown in four of 10 reported cases of congenital monoblastic leukemia.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • Chromosome Aberrations
  • Chromosome Deletion*
  • Chromosome Disorders
  • Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X*
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / congenital*
  • Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / genetics
  • Skin Neoplasms / congenital*
  • Skin Neoplasms / genetics
  • Skin Neoplasms / ultrastructure