ALK-positive histiocytosis with KIF5B-ALK fusion in an adult female

Haematologica. 2019 Nov;104(11):e534-e536. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2019.230094. Epub 2019 Aug 1.

Authors

Gaurav K Gupta¹, Liqiang Xi¹, Svetlana D Pack¹, Jennifer B Jones², Stefania Pittaluga¹, Mark Raffeld¹, Elaine S Jaffe³

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
² Prisma Health-Midlands, Sumter, SC, USA.
³ Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD ejaffe@mail.nih.gov.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Factors
Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase / genetics*
Biomarkers
Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Genetic Association Studies / methods
Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
Histiocytosis / diagnosis*
Histiocytosis / genetics*
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Infant
Middle Aged
Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / genetics*

Substances

Biomarkers
KIF5B-ALK fusion protein, human
Oncogene Proteins, Fusion
ALK protein, human
Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase