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Consultations in molecular diagnostics - A case of FIP1L1-PDGFRA-positive chronic eosinophilic leukemia with a rare FIP1L1 breakpoint
Lambert, Frédéric; Heimann, Pierre; Herens, Christian et al.
2007In Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 9 (3), p. 414-419
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Keywords :
HES; CEL; FIP1IL1-PDGFRA
Abstract :
[en] The idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) has remained for a long time a diagnosis of exclusion. Differential diagnosis between the HES and the related chronic eosinophilic leukemia (CEL) relied on the identification of signs of clonality that allowed, when present, the reclassification of patients as CEL. Recently, a new acquired mutation was described in approximately 50% of the HES/CEL patients: a cryptic deletion on chromosome band 4q12 generating a FIP1IL1-PDGFRA fusion gene. According to the World Health Organization classification, this clonal abnormality has been proposed as a new surrogate marker for chronic eosinophilic leukemia diagnosis. Fluorescence in situ hybridization and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction protocols were developed for an accurate del(4)(q12q12) and FIP1L1-PDGFRA fusion gene detection. Here, we report a patient with a rare FIP1L1 intron 16 breakpoint located outside of the reported FIP1L1 breakpoint region (ie, from FIP1L1 introns 9 to 13). This case illustrates the risk of false-negative results with diagnostic procedures that do not take into account the occurrence of rare FIP1L1 breakpoints. As targeted therapy with tyrosine kinase inhibitors has dramatically changed the prognosis of FIP1L1-PDGFRA (+) CEL, false-negative results could hamper accurate diagnosis and treatment.
Research center :
Giga-Signal Transduction - ULiège
Disciplines :
Hematology
Oncology
Author, co-author :
Lambert, Frédéric ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Génétique
Heimann, Pierre
Herens, Christian ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > PLAN COS
Chariot, Alain ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de pharmacie > Chimie médicale
Bours, Vincent ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Génétique générale et humaine
Language :
English
Title :
Consultations in molecular diagnostics - A case of FIP1L1-PDGFRA-positive chronic eosinophilic leukemia with a rare FIP1L1 breakpoint
Publication date :
July 2007
Journal title :
Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
ISSN :
1525-1578
eISSN :
1943-7811
Publisher :
Amer Soc Investigative Pathology, Inc, Bethesda, United States
Volume :
9
Issue :
3
Pages :
414-419
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Communauté française de Belgique) - FNRS, TELEVIE, FBC, CHU, ARC ULG
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