fanconi syndrome was first described in 1927 by g.fanconi. fanconi syndrome with congenital aplastic anemia is a hereditary disorder in which peripheral blood pancytopenia and bone marrow hypoplasiais often associated with multiple somatic congenital malformations such as microcephaly, skeletal anomalies (absence or hypoplasia of radial or thumb or both of them), brown hyperpigmentation of the ...

Risk factors for the development of a new (secondary) malignancy after marrow transplantation are still incompletely defined. In the present study, we analyzed results in 700 patients with severe aplastic anemia treated with allogeneic marrow transplantation at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA, or at the Hôpital St Louis in Paris, France. Twenty-three patients developed...

Aplastic anemia may be inherited or acquired. The distinction between these lies not in the age of the patient, but in the clinical and laboratory diagnoses. Adult hematologists must consider adult presentations of the inherited disorders, in order to avoid incorrect management of their patients. Physicians for adult patients must also realize that children with inherited disorders now survive ...

Pregnancy in patients with Fanconi anemia (FA) is rare. However, there are reports of successful pregnancy in Fanconi patients after bone marrow transplantation (BMT, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation). We describe the case of a term pregnant woman with FA who was treated with BMT 2 years earlier. She underwent successful delivery with cesarean section using spinal anesthesia without any ...

Kutler et al. (1) recently reported that human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA is frequently detected in squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) of Fanconi anemia patients, who are predisposed to develop cancer at an early age, particularly acute myeloid leukemia and SCCs of the head and neck (HNSCCs) and the anogenital region. Kutler et al. speculated that HPV infection might be critically involved in the pa...

Biallelic mutations in Fanconi anemia complementation group genes disrupt DNA repair and result in the complex Fanconi anemia phenotype. In addition, germ line mutations in the BRCA2/FANCD1 Fanconi anemia complementation group gene have also been implicated in predisposition to a number of cancers including pancreatic cancer. The recent identification of FANCC and FANCG mutations in resected pa...

Fanconi anemia (FA) is caused by mutations in 13 Fanc genes and renders cells hypersensitive to DNA interstrand cross-linking (ICL) agents. A central event in the FA pathway is mono-ubiquitylation of the FANCI-FANCD2 (ID) protein complex. Here, we characterize a previously unrecognized nuclease, Fanconi anemia-associated nuclease 1 (FAN1), that promotes ICL repair in a manner strictly dependent...

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of CMV reactivation were reported by other groups using fludarabine in combination with busulphan, melphalan, or low-dose total body irradiation (TBI) (21%-42%). 5,6 The median time of onset of CMV infection was also beyond 45 days in all these studies. The only other regimen associated with a higher and earlier incidence of CMV infection has been a combination of fludarabine and antilymphocyte...