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t(5;14)(q31;q32)

Tuesday 8 March 2016

IL3-IgH fusion

Tumors

- B-lymphoblastic lymphoma
— hypereosinophilia and acute endocarditis.
— IL3 hypersecretion and hypereosinophilia.

Images

- https://twitter.com/evemariecrane/status/679715283020451840

Open references

- The t(5;14) chromosomal translocation in a case of acute lymphocytic leukemia joins the interleukin-3 gene to the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene. Grimaldi JC, Meeker TC. Blood. 1989 Jun;73(8):2081-5. PMID: 2499362