Mixed phenotype acute leukemia: B/T-cell type-case report and review of literature

Mixed phenotypic acute leukemia (MPAL), classified under acute leukemia of ambiguous lineage, pose diagnostic dilemma due to multiple lineage-specific antigen expression. World Health Organization has laid down strict criteria for assigning >1 lineage to a single blast population. Most reported c...

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Main Authors: Sunita Sharma, Preeti Rai, Richa Chauhan, Jagdish Chandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Hematology
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Online Access:http://www.jahjournal.org/article.asp?issn=1658-5127;year=2015;volume=6;issue=1;spage=27;epage=29;aulast=Sharma
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Summary:Mixed phenotypic acute leukemia (MPAL), classified under acute leukemia of ambiguous lineage, pose diagnostic dilemma due to multiple lineage-specific antigen expression. World Health Organization has laid down strict criteria for assigning >1 lineage to a single blast population. Most reported cases of biphenotypic acute leukemia belong to myeloid/B-cell lineage or myeloid/T-cell lineage. However, MPAL with B-/T-cell phenotype is very rare. A 5-year-old girl was admitted with fever, petechial rash, pallor, generalized lymphadenopathy, and hepatosplenomegaly. Complete blood counts revealed leukocytosis, anemia, and thrombocytopenia. Bone Marrow Aspiration showed 97% blasts which were negative for myeloperoxidase, and nonspecific esterase. Immunophenotyping showed a single compact population of blasts which expressed CD19, CD79a, CD22, cytoplasmic CD3, and CD7. Thus, flow cytometric immunophenotyping helped to establish a final diagnosis of MPAL: B/T-cell type.
ISSN:1658-5127