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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia and Hypereosinophilic Syndrome: Cases reports in the English literature 1973-2007.

Michael Lonergan

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2. Blatt PM, Rothstein G, Miller HL, Cathey WJ. Loffler's endomyocardial fibrosis with eosinophilia in association with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood 1974;44:489- – 393.

3. Nelken RP, Stockman JA, 3rd.The hypereosinophilic syndrome in association with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Pediatr 1976;89:771- – 773.

4. Pereira F, Moreno H, Crist W, Ermocilla R. Loffler's endomyocardial fibrosis, eosinophilia, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatrics 1977;59:950- – 951.

5. Geltner D, Friedman G, Naparstek E, Granot H, Polliack A. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Its occurrence with hypereosinophilic syndrome' and bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax. Arch Intern Med 1978;138:292-– 293.

6. Wimmer RS, Raney RBJr, Naiman JL. Hypereosinophilia with acute lymphocytic and acute myelocytic leukemia in childhood. J Pediatr 1978;92:244- – 246.

7. Parker D, Graham-Pole J, Malpas JS, Paxton A. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia with eosinophilia and basophilia. Am J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 1979;1:195- – 199.

8. Catovsky D, Bernasconi C, Verdonck PJ, Postma A, Hows J, van der Does-van den Berg A, et al. The association of eosinophilia with lymphoblastic leukaemia or lymphoma: a study of seven patients. Br J Haematol 1980; 45:523- – 534.

9. Bachhuber R, Fitchen JH, Harty-Golder B. Rash and eosinophilia in a 23-year-old man. West J Med 1982;137:221- – 227.

10.Bottone E, Macchia P, Consolini R. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia first appearing as hypereosinophilia. Eur J Pediatr 1982;138:85- – 88.

11. Chilcote RR, Pergament E, Kretschmer R, Mikuta JC. The hypereosinophilic syndrome and lymphoblastic leukemia with extra C-group chromosome and q14+ marker. J Pediatr 1982;101:57- – 60.

12. Tono-oka T, Sato Y, Matsumoto T, Ueno N, Ohkawa M, Shikano T, et al.Hypereosinophilic syndrome in acute lymphoblastic leukemia with a chromosome translocation [t(5q;14q)]. Med Pediatr Oncol1984;12:33- – 37.

13. Troxell ML, Mills GM, Allen RC. The hypereosinophilic syndrome in acute lymphocytic leukemia. Cancer 1984;54:1058- – 1061.

14. de Korte D, Haverkort WA, Behrendt H, Roos D, van Gennip AH. Abnormal nucleotide pattern in the eosinophils of a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia associated with eosinophilia. Leuk Res 1986;10:1419- – 1424.

14. Hogan TF, Koss W, Murgo AJ, Amato RS, Fontana JA, VanScoy FL. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia with chromosomal 5;14 translocation and hypereosinophilia: case report and literature review. J Clin Oncol 1987;5:382 – 390.

15. Keene P, Mendelow B, Pinto MR, Bezwoda W, MacDougall L, Falkson G, et al. Abnormalities of chromosome 12p13 and malignant proliferation of eosinophils: a nonrandom association. Br J Haematol 1987;67:25- – 31.

16.Tan AM, Downie PJ, Ekert H. Hypereosinophilia syndrome with pneumonia in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Aust Paediatr J 1987;23:359- – 361.

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18. Grimaldi JC, Meeker TC. The t(5;14) chromosomal translocation in acase of acute lymphocytic leukemia joins the interleukin-3 gene to the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene. Blood 1989;73:208-1 – 2085.

19. Fishel RS, Farnen JP, Hanson CA, Silver SM, Emerson SG. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia with eosinophilia. Medicine (Baltimore) 1990;69:232- – 243.

20. Meeker TC, Hardy D, Willman C, Hogan T, Abrams J. Activation of the interleukin-3 gene by chromosome translocation in acute lymphocytic leukemia with eosinophilia. Blood 1990;76:285- – 289.

21. Rios-Herranz E, Fores-Cachon R, Diez-Martin SL, Fernandez MN. Hypereosinophilia and acute lymphocytic leukemia. Postgrad Med J 1991;67:702- – 703.

22. Blatt J, Proujansky R, Horn M, Phebus C, Longworth D, Penchansky L. Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome terminating in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatr Hematol Oncol 1992;9:151-1 – 155.

23. SchiffDE, Ortega JA. Chorea, eosinophilia, and lupus anticoagulant associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatr Neurol 1992;8:466 – 468.

24. Kita R, Enokihara H, Nagashima S, Tsunogake S, Yamato H, Saito K, et al. GM-CSF and eosinophil chemotactic factors in an acute lymphoblastic leukemia patient with eosinophilia. Acta Haematol 1993;90:144- – 147.

25. Knuutila S, Alitalo R, Ruutu T. Power of the MAC (morphology-antibody-chromosomes) method in distinguishing reactive and clonal cells: report of a patient with acute lymphatic leukemia, eosinophilia, and t(5;14). Genes Chromosomes Cancer 1993;8:219- – 223.

26. Follows GA, Owen RG, Ashcroft AJ, Parapia LA.Eosinophilic myelodysplasia transforming to acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. J Clin Pathol 1999;52:388- – 389.

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28. Jain P, Kumar R, Gujral S, Kumar A, Singh A, Jain Y, et al. Granularacute lymphoblastic leukemia with hypereosinophilic syndrome. Ann Hematol 2000;79:272- – 274.

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30. Eapen RS, Lemler MS, Ramaciotti C. Serial echocardiographic changes in a child with hypereosinophilia syndrome. Pediatr Cardiol 2001;22:426.

31. Bjerregaard LL, Rosthooj S. Vertebral compression and eosinophilia in a child with acute lymphatic leukemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2002;24:313- – 315.

32. Bernasconi C. Hypereosinophilia in acute lymphoblastic leukemia: an association to be remembered. Haematologica 2001;86:893.

33. Nunez CA, Zipf TF, Roberts WM, Medeiros LJ, Hayes K, Bueso-Ramos CE. Molecular monitoring of cerebrospinal fluid can predict clinical relapse in acute lymphoblastic leukemia with eosinophilia. Arch

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34. Fasipe F, Bestak M, GreenNS. Recurrent central nervous system acute lymphoblastic leukemia associated with cerebrospinal fluid eosinophilia and basophilia: a proposed cytokine-mediated

mechanism. Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2003;20:31- – 37.

35. Hill A, Metry D. Urticarial lesions in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and eosinophilia. Pediatr Dermatol 2003;20:502- – 505.

36. Wynn TT, Heerema NA, Hammond S, Ranalli M, Kahwash SB. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with Hypereosinophilia: Report of a Case with 5q Deletion and Review of the Literature. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2003; 6: 558- – 563.

37. Chien AJ, Argenyi ZB, Colven RM, Kirby P. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia presenting with urticarial plaques and hypereosinophilia in a child. J Am Acad Dermatol 2004;51:S151- – S155.

38. Huang MS, Hasserjian RP. Case records of the Massachusetts GeneralHospital.Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 19-2004.A 12-year-old boy with fatigue and eosinophilia. N Engl J Med 2004;350:2604- – 2612.

39. Robyn J, Noel P, Wlodarska I, Choksi M, O'Neal P, Arthur D, et al. Imatinib-responsive hypereosinophilia in a patient with B cell ALL. Leuk Lymphoma 2004;45: 2497- – 2501.

40. Koenig CS, Zhao W, Reyes MR, DeMuth KA, Irani A, Schwartz LB. Development of B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a 12 year old girl with hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES). J Allergy Clin Immunol2005;115:S194.

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43. Rezk S, Wheelock L, Fletcher JA, Oliveira AM, Keuker CP, Newburger PE, et al. Acute lymphocytic leukemia with eosinophilia and unusual karyotype.Leuk Lymphoma 2006; 47:1176- – 1179.

44.Bae SY, Yoon SY, Huh JH, Sung HJ, Choi IK.Hypereosinophilia in biphenotypic (B-cell/T-cell) acute lymphoblastic leukemia.Leuk Lymphoma 2007; 48:1417- – 1419.

We acknowledge Nerida Hackenberg for updating this search and inclusion of the final 3 references.