Acute lymphoblastic leukemia developing in a patient with Noonan syndrome harboring a PTPN11 germline mutation
Kenichi Sakamoto1, Toshihiko Imamura, Daisuke Asai
1*Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine †Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto ‡Department of Medical Genetics, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Abstract:
Noonan syndrome (NS) is a congenital genetic disorder characterized by certain facial features, short stature, and congenital heart disease. The disorder is caused by genetic alterations in the RAS/MAPK signal pathway. NS patients show a predisposition to malignancy; however, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is rarely reported. Here, we describe a NS patient with B-cell precursor ALL (BCP-ALL) harboring a hyperdiploid karyotype and a PTPN11 germline mutation (c.922A>G; p.N308D). We also discuss the relationship between the hyperdiploid karyotype and genetic alterations in the RAS/MAPK pathway in BCP-ALL.
