Double esterase staining of the bone marrow contributes to lineage identification in a case of minimally differentiated acute myeloid leukaemia (AML MO)

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 293-295

  Elghetany, M T ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukaemia; Bone marrow; Cytochemistry; Leukocyte esterase

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; NONSPECIFIC ESTERASE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYELOBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIGENS, CD; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL LINEAGE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESTERASES; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MIDDLE AGED; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0032831201     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.1999.00215.x     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Bendix-Hansen K. & Nielsen H.K. (1983a) Myeloperoxidase-deficient polymorphonuclear leukocytes: I. incidence in untreated myeloid leukaemia, lymphoid leukaemia and normal humans. Scandinavian Journal of Haematology 30, 415-418.
2. Bendix-Hansen K. & Nielsen H.K. (1983b) Myeloperoxidase-deficient polymorphonuclear leukocytes: II. longitudinal study in acute myeloid leukaemia, untreated, in remission and in relapse. Scandinavian Journal of Haematology 31, 5-8.
3. Bennett J.M., Catovsky D., Daniel M.T. et al. (1985) Proposed revised criteria for the classification of acute myeloid leukemia. Annals of Internal Medicine 103, 626-629.
4. Bennett J.M., Catovsky D., Daniel M.T. et al. (1991) Proposal for the recognition of minimally differentiated acute myeloid leukaemia (AML-M0). British Journal of Haematology 78, 325-329.
5. Drexler H.G., Gignac S.M., Patel D. & Scott C.S. (1991) Lineage-specific monocytic esterase, a distinct marker for leukemias of monocytic origin: cytochemical, isoenzymatic and biochemical features. Leukemia and Lymphoma 4, 295-312.
6. Elghetany M.T., MacCallum J.M. & Davey F.R. (1990) The use of cytochemical procedures in the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic myeloid leukemia. Clinics in Laboratory Medicine 10, 707-720.
7. Elghetany M.T., Peterson B., MacCallum J. et al. (1998) Double esterase staining and other neutrophilic granule abnormalities in 237 patients with the myelodysplastic syndrome studied by the Cancer and Leukemia Group B. Acta Haematologica 100, 13-16.
8. Hayhoe F.G.J. & Quaglino D. (1994) Haematological Cytochemistry, 3rd edn. Churchill Livingstone, New York.
9. Keifer J., Abromowitch M. & Stass S.A. (1985) Chloroacetate esterase positivity in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. American Journal of Clinical Pathology 83, 647-649.
10. Patel D., Hooper N.M. & Scott C.S. (1993) Subcellular fractionation studies indicate an intracellular localization for monocyte specific esterase. British Journal of Haematology 84, 608-614.
11. Scott C.S., Cahill A., Bynoe A.G., Ainley M.J., Hough D. & Roberts B.E. (1983) Esterase cytochemistry in primary myelodysplastic syndrome and megaloblastic anaemias: demonstration of abnormal staining patterns associated with dysmyelopoiesis. British Journal of Haematology 55, 411-418.
12. Uphoff C.C., Gignac S.M., Metge K., Zschunke F., Radzun H.J. & Drexler H.G. (1993) Expression of the monocyte-specific esterase gene in leukemia-lymphoma cell lines. Leukemia 7, 58-62.