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CASE REPORT article

Front. Oncol.
Sec. Hematologic Malignancies
Volume 14 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1339737

Familial 46, XY Disorder of Sexual Development identified in a Ph+BCR::ABL1P210+ Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia septuagenarian female with RCBTB2::LPAR6 fusion gene: a case report

Provisionally accepted
Lingling Wang Lingling Wang 1Conglin Xi Conglin Xi 2Xinyu Zheng Xinyu Zheng 1Yongfen Huang Yongfen Huang 1Hao Xu Hao Xu 1Yuqing Miao Yuqing Miao 1Yuexin Cheng Yuexin Cheng 1*
  • 1 The First people’s Hospital of Yancheng, The Yancheng Clinical College of Xuzhou Medical University, Yancheng, China
  • 2 The Second People’s Hospital of Huai’an, The Affiliated Huaian Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Huaian, China

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    Background: Familial 46, XY Disorder of Sexual Development (DSD) was discovered in a Ph+, BCR::ABL1 P210+ Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) female with RCBTB2::LPAR6 fusion gene. Siblings developing 46, XY DSD are extremely rare. Patients with 46, XY DSD have much higher rates of gonadal cancers. Nevertheless, the incidence of hematologic malignancies in patients with DSDs has received little attention. RCBTB2::LPAR6 is a rarely reported fusion gene in ALL. Case presentation: Herein, we report a rare case of a newly diagnosed Ph+, BCR::ABL1 P210+ ALL patient who was 77 years old and female by social sex. Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) and RNA sequencing revealed TET2 and NF1 mutations in addition to a rarely reported RCBTB2::LPAR6 fusion gene and 17 other genes with uncertain clinical significance. The patient was surprisingly found to have a male karyotype. On ultrasound, neither the uterus nor the ovaries were discernible. A detailed family and marital history revealed that the patient had undergone surgery at an early age for an unexplained inguinal mass. She had slow pubertal development, scanty menstruation, and few overtly feminine characteristics. She had three marriages, but none succeeded in getting pregnant. The patient had never sought therapy for infertility due to the inaccessibility of medical treatment and a lack of medical knowledge. Her sister, 73 years old and female by social sex, who had amenorrhea in adolescence and was unable to conceive, had the same experience. To our surprise, she also had a male karyotype. Conclusions: Due to the absence of long-term social attention and follow-up, studies on the incidence of hematologic malignancies in patients with 46, XY DSD are incredibly uncommon. Siblings developing 46, XY DSD is extremely rare. We report the oldest patient diagnosed with 46, XY DSD. There have not yet been any reports of familial 46, XY DSD with a concurrent diagnosis of Ph+BCR::ABL1 P210+ ALL with a rarely reported RCBTB2::LPAR6 fusion gene.

    Keywords: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Philadelphia Chromosome, BCR::ABL1, 46, XY disorder of sexual development, familial

    Received: 16 Nov 2023; Accepted: 03 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Wang, Xi, Zheng, Huang, Xu, Miao and Cheng. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Yuexin Cheng, The First people’s Hospital of Yancheng, The Yancheng Clinical College of Xuzhou Medical University, Yancheng, China

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