CBFB break-apart fish testing: An analysis of 1629 aml cases with a focus on atypical findings and their implications in clinical diagnosis and management

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Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a confirmatory test to establish a diagnosis of inv(16)/t(16;16) AML. However, incidental findings and their clinical diagnostic implication have not been systemically studied. We studied 1629 CBFB FISH cases performed in our institution, 262 (16.1%), 1234 (75.7%), and 133 (8.2%) were reported as positive, normal, and abnormal, respectively. The last included CBFB copy number changes (n = 120) and atypical findings such as 3′ CBFB deletion (n = 11), 5′ CBFB deletion (n = 1), and 5′ CBFB gain (n = 1). Correlating with CBFB-MYH11 RT-PCR results, totally 271 CBFB rearrangement cases were identified, including five with discrepancies between FISH and RT-PCR due to new partner genes (n = 3), insertion (n = 1), or rare CBFB-MYH11 variant (n = 1) and eight with 3′ CBFB deletion. All cases with atypical findings and/or discrepancies presented clinical diagnostic challenges. Correlating FISH signal patterns and karyotypes, additional chromosome 16 aberrations (AC16As) show impacts on the re-definition of a complex karyotype and prognostic prediction. The CBFB rearrangement but not all AC16As will be detected by NGS-based methods. Therefore, FISH testing is currently still needed to provide a quick and straightforward confirmatory inv(16)/t(16;16) AML diagnosis and additional information related to clinical management.

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Yang, R. K., Toruner, G. A., Wang, W., Fang, H., Issa, G. C., Wang, L., … Tang, G. (2021). CBFB break-apart fish testing: An analysis of 1629 aml cases with a focus on atypical findings and their implications in clinical diagnosis and management. Cancers, 13(21). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13215354

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