Hematologic Malignancies USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 9-year-old boy from equatorial Africa presents with a rapidly enlarging jaw mass and fever. Vital signs show temperature 38.5°C, HR 110/min, BP 105/68 mmHg, RR 22/min, SpO2 98% on room air. CBC reveals WBC 18,000/μL with 85% blasts. Jaw biopsy demonstrates sheets of medium-sized lymphoid cells with numerous tangible body macrophages creating a starry-sky appearance. He denies abdominal pain. Which genetic abnormality is most likely present?
Answer choices
- At(14;18) causing BCL2 overexpression
- Bt(15;17) causing PML-RARA fusion
- Ct(9;22) causing BCR-ABL fusion
- Dt(11;14) causing cyclin D1 overexpression
- Et(8;14) causing c-MYC activationCorrect answer
- Ft(1;14) causing IGH-IKZF1 fusion
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