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Somatic mosaic mutations of IDH1 and NPM1 associated with cup-like acute myeloid leukemia in a patient with Maffucci syndrome.
International journal of hematology - 1 Dec 2015
Akiyama Masaharu, Yamaoka Masayoshi, Mikami-Terao Yoko, Ohyama Wataru, Yokoi Kentaro, Arakawa Yasuhiro, Takita Junko, Suzuki Hideaki, Yamada Hisashi
Abstract excerpt
Maffucci syndrome is a nonhereditary congenital disorder characterized by multiple enchondromas and with soft-tissue hemangiomas. Somatic mutations of the isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) gene have been detected in enchondroma and hemangioma tissue from patients with Maffucci syndrome. The rate of malignant transformation in Maffucci syndrome is high, with enchondromas transforming into chondrosarcomas and the...
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