Review on t(2;3)(p16;q26) BCL11A/MECOM, with data on clinics, and the genes implicated.
Identity
NoteThis translocation is found in a subset of cases described in the card t(2;3)(p15-23;q26-27). Other subsets involve other genes, such as THADA in the t(2;3)(p21;q26) THADA/MECOM.
Clinics and pathology
DiseaseAcute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Phenotype/cell stem originThere were one M1-AML, two M2-AMLs, and one M5-AML; patients presented with dysplasia of at least two myeloid cell lineages.