HAEM5:B-lymphoblastic leukaemia/lymphoma with hypodiploidy: Difference between revisions

This entity is defined by the presence of neoplastic lymphoblasts containing less than 46 chromosomes<ref name=":0">Borowitz MJ, et al., (2017). B-Lymphoblastic leukaemia/lymphoma with recurrent genetic abnormalities, in World Health Organization Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues, Revised 4th edition. Swerdlow SH, Campo E, Harris NL, Jaffe ES, Pileri SA, Stein H, Thiele J, Arber DA, Hasserjian RP, Le Beau MM, Orazi A, and Siebert R, Editors. IARC Press: Lyon, France, p206.</ref>, and can be subdivided into near-haploid B-ALL/LBL with hypodiploidy (24–31 chromosomes); low-hypodiploid B-ALL/LBL with hypodiploidy (32–39 chromosomes); and high-hypodiploid B-ALL/LBL with hypodiploidy (40–43 chromosomes)<ref name=":13" />. Of note, near-diploid cases (44–45 chromosomes) are not included in the hypodiploid category in clinical therapy–directed classification schemes because they do not share the poor prognosis observed<ref name=":14" />. In a study, for patients with 44 chromosomes, monosomy 7, the presence of a dicentric chromosome, or both predicted a worse event-free survival (EFS) but similar overall survival (OS)<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Nachman|first=James B.|last2=Heerema|first2=Nyla A.|last3=Sather|first3=Harland|last4=Camitta|first4=Bruce|last5=Forestier|first5=Erik|last6=Harrison|first6=Christine J.|last7=Dastugue|first7=Nicole|last8=Schrappe|first8=Martin|last9=Pui|first9=Ching-Hon|date=2007|title=Outcome of treatment in children with hypodiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17473063|journal=Blood|volume=110|issue=4|pages=1112–1115|doi=10.1182/blood-2006-07-038299|issn=0006-4971|pmc=1939895|pmid=17473063}}</ref>.

P: Associated with poor prognosis<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" />. 5-year EFS 25–40%<ref name=":8">{{Cite journal|last=Panuciak|first=Kinga|last2=Nowicka|first2=Emilia|last3=Mastalerczyk|first3=Angelika|last4=Zawitkowska|first4=Joanna|last5=Niedźwiecki|first5=Maciej|last6=Lejman|first6=Monika|date=2023-05-15|title=Overview on Aneuploidy in Childhood B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37240110|journal=International Journal of Molecular Sciences|volume=24|issue=10|pages=8764|doi=10.3390/ijms24108764|issn=1422-0067|pmc=10218510|pmid=37240110}}</ref>.

Near-haploid and low-hypodiploid B-ALL/LBL may undergo doubling, resulting in a pseudohyperdiploid or near-triploid clone containing up to 78 chromosomes, and can present as a diagnostic challenge. If the original hypodiploid clone is not present, the hypodiploidy is regarded as masked, and the case may be mistaken for high-hyperdiploid B-ALL/LBL, resulting in an inappropriate prognostication<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Carroll|first=Andrew J.|last2=Shago|first2=Mary|last3=Mikhail|first3=Fady M.|last4=Raimondi|first4=Susana C.|last5=Hirsch|first5=Betsy A.|last6=Loh|first6=Mignon L.|last7=Raetz|first7=Elizabeth A.|last8=Borowitz|first8=Michael J.|last9=Wood|first9=Brent L.|date=2019-10|title=Masked hypodiploidy: Hypodiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) mimicking hyperdiploid ALL in children: A report from the Children's Oncology Group|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31425927|journal=Cancer Genetics|volume=238|pages=62–68|doi=10.1016/j.cancergen.2019.07.009|issn=2210-7762|pmc=6768693|pmid=31425927}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Creasey|first=Thomas|last2=Enshaei|first2=Amir|last3=Nebral|first3=Karin|last4=Schwab|first4=Claire|last5=Watts|first5=Kathryn|last6=Cuthbert|first6=Gavin|last7=Vora|first7=Ajay|last8=Moppett|first8=John|last9=Harrison|first9=Christine J.|date=2021-09|title=Single nucleotide polymorphism array-based signature of low hypodiploidy in acute lymphoblastic leukemia|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33938069|journal=Genes, Chromosomes & Cancer|volume=60|issue=9|pages=604–615|doi=10.1002/gcc.22956|issn=1098-2264|pmc=8600946|pmid=33938069}}</ref>. The two subtypes may be differentiated by SNP array analysis, demonstrating copy-neutral loss of heterozygosity for doubled monosomic chromosomes. The DNA index assessed by flow cytometry may also be helpful if distinct peaks representing the hypodiploid and doubled clones are both detectable<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Yu|first=Chih-Hsiang|last2=Lin|first2=Tze-Kang|last3=Jou|first3=Shiann-Tarng|last4=Lin|first4=Chien-Yu|last5=Lin|first5=Kai-Hsin|last6=Lu|first6=Meng-Yao|last7=Chen|first7=Shu-Huey|last8=Cheng|first8=Chao-Neng|last9=Wu|first9=Kang-Hsi|date=2020-07-13|title=MLPA and DNA index improve the molecular diagnosis of childhood B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32661308|journal=Scientific Reports|volume=10|issue=1|pages=11501|doi=10.1038/s41598-020-68311-9|issn=2045-2322|pmc=7359332|pmid=32661308}}</ref>.

|P: Associated with poor prognosis. EFS 30–50%<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":1" />.

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