A 2-year-old with atypical CML with a t(5;12)(q33;p13) treated successfully with imatinib mesylate

Leuk Res. 2004 May:28 Suppl 1:S65-9. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2003.10.011.

Abstract

Atypical chronic myelogenous leukemia (aCML) is a myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative disorder that usually occurs in older adults. Here we report a pediatric patient with aCML and a t(5;12)(q33;p13) with a corresponding fusion gene ETV6-PDGFRB. Because the PDGFRB tyrosine kinase is one of the known targets of tyrosine kinase inhibitors, this patient achieved cytogenetic and molecular remission with treatment with imatinib mesylate (formerly STI571; now Gleevec in the United States and Glivec in Europe). This case illustrates one of many myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative disorders that can be treated with this particular tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Benzamides
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imatinib Mesylate
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / drug therapy*
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / genetics*
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / pathology
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Piperazines / therapeutic use*
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
  • Remission Induction
  • Translocation, Genetic

Substances

  • Benzamides
  • ETV6-PDGFRB fusion protein, human
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion
  • Piperazines
  • Pyrimidines
  • Imatinib Mesylate