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- Title
Peripheral blood cytogenetic studies in hematological neoplasms: predictors of obtaining metaphases for analysis.
- Authors
Hussein, Kebede; Ketterling, Rhett P; Hulshizer, Rachael L; Kuffel, Daniel G; Wiktor, Anne E; Hanson, Curtis A; Tefferi, Ayalew; Van Dyke, Daniel L
- Abstract
Peripheral blood (PB) is sometimes used in place of bone marrow (BM) for cytogenetic studies during the evaluation of hematologic malignancies. A total of 242 PB cytogenetic studies from adult patients were performed: clinical diagnosis was a myeloid neoplasm in 169 patients (70%), lymphoid or plasma cell neoplasm in 50 (21%), and a benign/reactive cytopenia or leukocytosis in 23 (9%). PB cytogenetic studies resulted in at least two analyzable metaphases in 142 of the 242 study cases (59%); in univariate analysis, this was predicted by the specific clinical diagnosis (P < 0.0001), presence and degree of circulating myeloid progenitor cells or blasts of any lineage (P < 0.0001), higher leukocyte count (P < 0.001), lower platelet count (P = 0.003), lower hemoglobin level (P = 0.002), and presence of palpable splenomegaly (P = 0.002). In multivariable analysis, only the presence of circulating myeloid progenitor cells or blasts sustained significance and this was consistent with the high yield rates seen in primary myelofibrosis (PMF) (80%), post-PV/ET PMF (85%), acute myeloid leukemia (76%), and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (80%) in contrast with the low rates seen in ET (0%) and PV (2%). In 104 cases, BM cytogenetic studies were performed within 1 month of the PB cytogenetic studies; an abnormal BM cytogenetic finding was another independent predictor of a successful PB study (P = 0.002). PB cytogenetic studies are most appropriate in diseases of adults characterized by presence of circulating myeloid progenitors or blasts; the yield otherwise is too small to be cost-effective.
- Publication
European journal of haematology, 2008, Vol 80, Issue 4, p318
- ISSN
1600-0609
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0609.2007.01021.x