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Case Report| Volume 274, P30-32, June 2023

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Detection of an atypical BCR::ABL1 fusion in a patient with secondary B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma following multiple myeloma treatment

      Abstract

      Secondary hematologic malignancies, such as B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (B-ALL), have been reported following multiple myeloma. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors have improved clinical outcomes of patients with Philadelphia-positive (Ph+) B-ALL. Therefore, recognition of the Ph chromosome in B-ALL patients is important for both prognosis and therapies. We present a case of a secondary Ph+ B-ALL following multiple myeloma that highlights a BCR::ABL1 fusion by a gene fusion assay to reveal a cryptic Ph chromosome, which may otherwise be missed by conventional cytogenetics and typical interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization.

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