Testicular tumor as the first manifestation of B-lymphoid blastic crisis in a case of Ph-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia
✍ Scribed by Junko H. Ohyashiki; Kazuma Ohyashiki; Hirofumi Shimizu; Makoto Miki; Nobuhiro Kimura; Shigeo Mori; Kouji Fujisawa; Jun-Ichi Akatsuka; Keisuke Toyama
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 463 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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✦ Synopsis
We report an 8-year-old boy with Ph-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) who showed a testicular tumor as the first manifestation of blastic crisis. Pathological examination of the excised testis revealed marked infiltration of immature cells, whereas bone marrow remained in the chronic phase. Immunohistochemical and molecular examinations disclosed the immature cells to have B-lymphocyte surface determinants and immunoglobulin JH rearrangement. DNA obtained from the testis and peripheral blood cells showed similarly rearranged bcr configurations, indicating that infiltrating cells in the testis originated from the CML clone. Bone marrow showed B-lymphoid blastic crisis 4 months after testicular involvement.