Early relapse and minimal residual disease during clinical remission was examined in two patients having acute T-cell leukemia/lymphoma with the t(10;14)(q24;q11) chromosomal translocation. Molecular probes which can detect T-cell receptor alpha/delta clonal rearrangements and a TCL-3 probe which can detect the clonal rearrangement due to the chromosomal translocation failed to detect the leuke...

CCAAT enhancer-binding protein (CEBP) transcription factors play pivotal roles in proliferation and differentiation, including suppression of myeloid leukemogenesis. Mutations of CEBPA are found in a subset of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and in some cases of familial AML. Here, using cytogenetics, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and molecular cloning, we show that 5 CEBP gene family...

Primary gastric synovial sarcoma is rare and challenging to diagnose. We present a case of ulcer that was diagnosed as primary only after surveillance endoscopy with repeat biopsies. The diagnosis established the identification pathognomonic chromosomal translocation t(X;18)(p11;q11). patient treated wedge resection has remained disease-free on imaging endoscopy. This demonstrates difficulty in...

Chromosomal in situ suppression (CISS) hybridization was performed with library DNA from sorted human chromosomes 8, 9, 15, 17, 21, and 22 on immunologically stained bone marrow cells of four patients with a hematologic neoplasm, including two patients with myelodysplastic syndrome and trisomy 8, one patient with promyelocytic leukemia bearing the translocation t(15;17)(q22;q11-12), and one pat...