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. 2022 Mar 9;97(5):548–561. doi: 10.1002/ajh.26487

TABLE 1.

Standard genetic testing pathway results compared to Optical Genome Mapping in ALL patients

WHO classification Karyotype FISH/RT‐PCR Recurrent deletions detected by MLPA a OGM formulab Recurrent deletions detected by OGM a Recurrent SVs and ploidy detected by OGM
1 B‐ALL with TCF3::PBX1

46,XX,der(19)t(1;19)(q23;p13)[5]/46,XX[5]

PBX1 and TCF3 rearranged

ND

ogm[GRCh37] 1q23.3q44(164940579_248630818)x3,t(1;19)(q23;p13.3)(164775625;1617441),ins(1;19)(q23;p13.3p13.3)(164775625;1617441_1759114inv),19p13.3(pter_1617442)x1

None TCF3::PBX1
2 B‐ALL NOS

46,XX[20]

No abnormalities detected by FISH

None

ogm[GRCh37] t(12;22)(p13.31;q13.2)(6795009;41525645)

EP300 ::ZNF384
3 B‐ALL with ETV6::RUNX1

46,XY,del(6)(q16q24),add(11)(q23),?add(12)(p?),add(12)(q23),add(21)(q21),inc[11]/46,XY[2]

Metaphase FISH complex t(11;12;21) ETV6::RUNX1 rearrangement

Exon 2–6 PAX5,

exon 8 ETV6

ogm[GRCh37] 6q15q23.2(90570707_132994084)×1,9p13.2p13.2(36924868_37031738)×1,t(11;12;21)(q24.2;p13;q22.11)(124542267;12034841;36326359),12p13.2p12.1(12034841_2497337)×1,21q21.1q22.12(16755788_36235050)×3

Exon 2–6 PAX5,

exon 6–8 ETV6

ETV6::RUNX1
4 B‐ALL with ETV6::RUNX1

46,XX[20]

ETV6::RUNX1 rearrangement

Exon 1–8 PAX5

ogm[GRCh37] Xq24q28(118659748_155008232)×3,t(X;21)(q24;q22.3)(118596968;48117142),9p13.2(36853610_37382413)×1,t(12;21)(p13.2;q22.12)(12034841;36420383)

Exon 1–8 PAX5

ETV6::RUNX1
6 B‐ALL NOS

46,XX,del(3)(p13p26),der(9)t(3;9)(p13;p13)[6]/46,XX[1]

No abnormalities detected by FISH

Exon 7–10 PAX5,

biallelic CDKN2A/2B

ogm[GRCh38] t(3;9)(p13;p13.2)(71063635;36957140),9p24.3p13.2(14566_36957140)×1, 9p21.3(21825731_22009703)×0

Exon 7–10 PAX5,

biallelic CDKN2A/2B

PAX5::FOXP1
7 B‐ALL with hyperdiploidy

56,XX,+X,+4,+6,+8,+10,+14,+14,+17,+21,+21[2]/57,sl,+11[5]/46,XX[4]

FISH compatible with hyperdiploid clone

Exon 8 ETV6

ogm[GRCh38] (X)×3,(4)×3,(6)×3,(8)×3,(10)×3,(11)×3,12p13.2(11870531_119814480)×1,(14)×4,(17)×3,(21)×4 Exon 6–8 ETV6
8 B‐ALL, BCR::ABL1‐like

46,XX,t(8:9)(p22;p24)[1]/46,sl,der(8;9)(q10;q10),inc[6]/46,X,t(X;4)(p11;q1?3)[4]/46,XX[11]

PCM1 and JAK2 rearranged

ND ogm[GRCh38] t(8;9)(p22;p24.1)(18021361;5060274),t(8;9)(q12.2;p24.1)(60671418;5961314),9p24.1p22.3(7306311_16265816)×1,9p21.3p21.2(21951394_27261605)×0,25 PCM1::JAK2
9 B‐ALL NOS

46,XX,del(9)(q22q33),der(19)t(1;19)(q23;p13)[6]/46,sl,del(13)(q13q21)[3]/46,XX[1]

No TCF3::PBX1 rearrangement detected by FISH

None ogm[GRCh37] 1q21.2q44(149529883_249237532)×3,t(1;19)(q21.1;q13.43)(144837767;59111086),9q21.11q22.33(70321158_101956617)×1,19q13.43(59128983_qter)×1 None
10 B‐ALL with ETV6::RUNX1

46,XX,‐8,der(12)t(8;12)(q13;p13),+21[7]/46,XX[3]

ETV6::RUNX1 rearrangement

Exon 1–6 PAX5,

ETV6

ogm[GRCh38] 8p23.3p11.23(61805_38264830)×1,t(8;12)(p11.23;p12.1)(38274465;26217459),9p13.2(36955993_372945461),12p13.33p12.1(14568_26225920)×1,t(12;21)(p13.2;q22.12)(11881907;35043931),(21)×3

Exon 1–6 PAX5, ETV6

ETV6::RUNX1
12 B‐ALL with low hypodiploidy

46,XX[20]

FISH compatible with low hypodiploid clone

None

ogm[GRCh38] (X)×3,(1)×3,(5)×3,(6)×3,(8)×3,(10)×3,(11)×3,(14)×3,(15)×3,(18)×3,(19)×3,(21)×3,(22)×3

After manual correction of the ploidy:36,XX,–2,–3,–4,–7,–9,–12,dup(12p12.1p11.21)(22140659_31024594),–13,–16,–17,–20

None After manual correction of ploidy: low hypodiploid clone
13 B‐ALL NOS

45,X,‐Y[4]/46,XY,i(9)(q10),inc[3]/46,XY[16]

No abnormalities detected by FISH

None ogm[GRCh38] t(1;19)(q23.3;p13.3)(164684214;1617442)

None

TCF3::PBX1
14 B‐ALL NOS

48,XY,+X,del(1)(q25q44),add(5)(q32),?der(7),+21[6]/46,XY[4]

Trisomy X and 21

Exon 5–7 IKZF1, CDKN2A/2B

ogm[GRCh37] (X)×2,t(1;5)(q22;q32)(156445725;149451946),5q35.2q35.3(175705336_180899715)×1,7p12.2(50451066_50467354)×1,9p21.3(21897504_22003647)×1,9p21.3(21975985_22019207)×1,17q24.3q25.3(70828023_77521027)×1,19q13.31q13.33(45144628_51391878)×1,(21)×3

Exon 5–7 IKZF1, CDKN2A/2B

MEF2D::CSF1R

15 B‐ALL with BCR::ABL1

46,XX,t(9;22)(q34;q11)[2]/46,XX[6]

BCR::ABL1 rearrangement

Exon 4–8 IKZF1, downstream BTG1 ogm[GRCh37] 7p12.2(50389810_51209685)×1,t(9;22)(q34.12;q11.23)(133647045;23548004),12q21.33(91794497_92538906)×1,t(13;22)(q14.11;q11.22)(41019582;22364735),19p13.12p12(16140309_21286406)×1,19q13.31q13.41(45026283_51442852)×1 Exon 4–8 IKZF1, downstream BTG1

BCR::ABL1

IGL::FOXO1

16 B‐ALL with low hypodiploidy

32,XX,‐2,‐3,‐4,‐6,‐7,‐8,‐11,‐12,‐13,‐14,‐15,‐16,‐17,‐19[2]/37‐46,XX,inc[3]

No structural or numerical abnormalities detected by FISH

None ogm[GRCh37] (X)×3,(1)×3,(5)×3,(9)×3,(10)×3,(11)×3,(18)×3,(19)×3,(21)×3,(22)×3 None

Manual correction of ploidy impossible due to low blast count:

hyperdiploid clone

17 B‐ALL with iAMP21

47,XX,+X,add(3)(p21),del(4)(q?),del(12)(p11p13),add(14)(p11),‐21,+mar,inc[2]/45,sl,‐X,del(7)(p11p21)[2],add(10)(p11)[2],add(10)(p12),‐del(12),+add(12)(p11),‐mar[cp4]/46,XX[6]

RUNX1 amplification by FISH

ETV6, biallelic exon 19–26 RB1 ogm[GRCh37] inv(2)(q33.1q35)(202530525;218107974),t(3;8)(p26.3;q21.2)(61829;84698449),4q21.22q26(82562646_118148833)×1,t(4;10)(q35.1;p12.2)(183938118;24572275),8q21.2q24.3(84747232_146301511)×3,10p15.3p12.2(64453_24569782)×4,10p12.2p11.21(24572275_35188421)×3,12p13.33p12.1(62597_32082761)×1,13q14.2(48981801_49089572)×0,14q11.2q32.33(20412883_106295617)×2,93,(21)cth,21q22.1q22.2(32113440_41074917)×8,25

ETV6, biallelic exon 18–27 RB1 gene

Amplification RUNX1

18 B‐ALL with hyperdiploidy

55,XX,+4,+6,+8,+10,+14,+17,+18,+21,+21[4]/46,XX[6]

FISH compatible with hyperdiploid clone

None ogm[GRCh38] (4)×3,(6)×3,(8)×3,(10)×3,(14)×3,(17)×3,(18)×3,(21)×4 None High hyperdiploid clone
27 B‐ALL NOS

46,XY[23]

No abnormalities detected by FISH

None ogm[GRCh38] inv(9)(p24.1p13.2)(5081915;36992699) None PAX5::JAK2
29 B‐ALL with ETV6::RUNX1

46,XX[20]

ETV6::RUNX1 rearrangement

Exon 2–6 PAX5, ETV6 ogm[GRCh38] 9p13.2(36924871_37031741)×1,10p15.3p11.23(2148472_29605241)×3, t(10;12)(p11.23;p12.3)(29628820;15233701),12p13.33p12.3(14568_15233701)×1,t(12;21)(p13.2;q22.12)(11870531;35029693)

Exon 2–6 PAX5,

ETV6

ETV6::RUNX1
30 B‐ALL with BCR::ABL1

46,XX,t(9;22)(q34;q11)[8]/46,sl,add(16)(p12)[2]

BCR::ABL1 rearrangement

Exon 4–7 IKZF1, CDKN2A/2B, PAX5,

exon 19–26 RB1, exon 2 BTG1 + downstream

ogm[GRCh38] t(1;16)(q21.1;p13.3)(143361930;14134),7p12.2(50324505_50399656)×1,t(9;22)(q34.12;q11.23)(130709559;23244051),9p21.3(21925732_22165462)×1,9p13.2(36759965_37121784)×1,12q21.33(91882647_92145130)×1,13q14.2(48402465_48510295)×1

Exon 3–7 IKZ1,CDKN2A/2B,

PAX5,exon 18–27 RB1, exon 2 BTG1 + downstream

BCR::ABL1
31 B‐ALL NOS

46,XX,idic(9)(p1?3)[7]/46,XX[3]

No abnormalities detected by FISH

CDKN2A/2B, PAX5 ogm[GRCh38] 9p24.3p12(14566_39591818)×1,9p12q34.3(39788526_136344539)×3 CDKN2A/2B, PAX5
32 B‐ALL with hyperdiploidy

56,XX,+X,+4,+6,+8,+10,+17,+18,+21,+21,+mar[7]/55,sl,t(15;15)(q21;q24),‐17[2]/46,XX[2]

FISH compatible with hyperdiploid clone, unbalanced rearrangement of IGH

CDKN2A/2B, exon 1 ETV6 ogm[GRCh38] (X)×3,(4)×3,(6)×3,(8)×3,9p21.3(21636919_23285480)×1,(10)×3, 12p13.2(11635931_11654206)×1,(14)×3,t(14;14)(q11.2;q32.33)(22422983;106294644),(17)×3,(18)×3,(21)×4

CDKN2A/2B, exon 1 ETV6

TRA::IGH
34 B‐ALL NOS

91<4n>,XXYY,‐17,idic(17)(p11)[8]/92<4n>,XXYY[1]/46,XY[5]

FISH compatible with tetraploid clone

Not informative (low blast count) ogm[GRCh38] ins(9;?)(p13.2;?)(9:37012419_37031741ins(?:?_?),17p13.3p11.2(1315080_16299764)×1,78 TP53

PAX5::ZNF318

Tetraploidy not detected

35 B‐ALL with hyperdiploidy

55,XY,+X,+4,+6,+8,+11,+14,add(17)(p13),+18,+21,+21,inc[7]/46,XY[7]

FISH compatible with hyperdiploid clone

CDKN2A/2B ogm[GRCh38] (X)×2,(4)×3,(6)×3,(8)×3,9p21.3(20360830_23290064)×1,(11)×3,(14)×3,t(17;17)(p13.3;q21.2)(320531;42625238)17q21.2q25.3(42621068_83246392)×3,(18)×3,(21)×4

CDKN2A/2B

High hyperdiploid clone
36 B‐ALL NOS

46,XY,‐2,?t(9;17)(p13;q21),del(11)(q21q23),?der(14)t(2;14)(?p11;q32),+mar[8]/46,XY[1]

Loss of entire KMT2A gene by FISH

None ogm[GRCh38] t(9;17)(p13.2;q22.12)(37205108;48932814),10p15.3p11.22(18514_31936573)×3,t(10;11)(p11.22;q22.1)(32029500;100293717),11q22.1q25(100233393_135069565)×1 KMT2A
37 B‐ALL with hyperdiploidy

60,XY,‐5[5],+6,+8,+10,+11[5],+12,+14[5],+15,+16[5],+17,+18[3],+21,+21[5],+3‐7mar,inc[cp6]/46,XY[3]

FISH compatible with hyperdiploid clone

CDKN2A/2B, deletion of exon 2 ETV6 (only 2 copies) ogm[GRCh38] (X)×2,(4)×3,(5)×3,t(4;5)(q34.3;q31.1)(179501025;136258772),t(5;5)(q33.1;q35.3)(152558057;187110343),t(5;10)(q33.2;q23.31)(153843504;90199407),t(5;10)(q35.1;q24.2)(171252456;97709101),9p21.3(21801680_22314347)×1,(6)×3,(8)×3,(10)×4,(12)×3,12p13.2(11699080_11790985)×1,(14)×3,(16)×3,(17)×3,(18)×3,(21)×4

CDKN2A/2B, exon 2 ETV6

High hyperdiploid clone
38 B‐ALL, BCR::ABL1‐like

46,XX[20]

IGH::CRLF2 rearrangement

IKZF1, exon 1–2 ETV6,

exon 2 + downstream BTG1

ogm[GRCh38] 3p21.31p12.2(44984632_81647686)×1,7p14.1p12.1(36363239_50695470)×1,12p13.2 (11635931_11818565)×1,12q21.33(91882647_92145130)×1,17p13.3p11.2(66653_19154549)×1,17q11.1q25.3(26692353_79373278)×3 IKZF1, exon 1–2 ETV6, exon 2 + downstream BTG1 Software version 1.6 or higher: t(X;14)(p22.33;q32) IGH::CRLF2
39 B‐ALL NOS

46,XX,+8,‐20[1]/46,sl,der(9)t(9;20)(p13;p11)[16]/46,XX[9]

No abnormalities detected by FISH

Biallelic CDKN2A/2B,

exon 10 PAX5

ogm[GRCh38] (8)×3,9p24.3p13.2(14566_37056711)×1,(9)(p21.3)(21897505_22009703)×0,t(9;20)(p13.2; q11.21)(36866463;32456682),20q11.21q13.33(32456682_64333718)×1 Biallelic CDKN2A/2B, exon 9–10 PAX5 PAX5::ASLX1
40 B‐ALL NOS

47,XX,+21[9]/47,sl,add(3),add(6),‐12,add(14),+mar[1]/47,sl,add(3) (q13),del(4)(q13q24),add(6)(p11),‐12,add(14)(p11),+mar[2]/46,XX[8]

Trisomy 21

None ogm[GRCh38] (21)×3 None
41 B‐ALL with TCF3::PBX1

46,XX,del(6)(q16q25),der(19)t(1;19)(q23;p13)[10]

TCF3::PBX1 rearrangement

None

ogm[GRCh38] 1q23.3q44(164679641_248943333)×3,t(1;19)(q23.3;p13.3)(164694931;1617442),6q14.1q22.1(77866354_115226336)×1,19p13.3(pter_1617442)×1

None

TCF3::PBX1

5 T‐ALL

46,XY[15]

No abnormalities detected by FISH

ogm[GRCh38] t(1;14)(p33;q32)(47227936;106586104),14q32(106586104_106607463)×1

IG H::TAL1

11 T‐ALL

46,XY[11]

TRB::HOXA10

ogm[GRCh37] inv(7)(p15.2q34)(27231194;142508528)

TRB::HOXA10
19 T‐ALL

46,XY,t(11;14)(p13;q11)[3]/46,XY[12]

FISH TRD::LMO2 rearrangement/RT‐PCR: STIL::TAL1 rearrangement

ogm[GRCh38] 1p33(47227936_47325742)×1,t(11;14)(p13;q11.2)(33816961;22082444)

STIL::TAL1

TRD::LMO2

20 T‐ALL

46,XY[1]

Suspected rearrangement of TRA/D by FISH

ogm[GRCh38] t(5;11)(q31.1;p11.2)(134127916;47361335)

TCF7::SPI1
21 T‐ALL

46,XY[27]

No abnormalities detected by FISH

ogm[GRCh38] 9p21.3p21.2(21082754_26785046)×0,38,t(14;14)(q11.2;q13.3 )(22442014;36521900) TRA::NKX2‐1
22 T‐ALL

46,XY,del(6)(q15q23),t(7;11)(q34;p13),add(16)(p12)[11]/46,sl,del(8)(q12q21)[2]/46,XY[2]

TRB::LMO2 rearrangement by FISH

ogm[GRCh38] t(4;10)(q35.2;q26.3)(190058514;133630087),6q11.1q21(62507864_110148938)×1,t(7;11)(q34;p13)(142810844;33848837)

TRB::LMO2

t(4;10) DUX4::FRG2B

False positive (not confirmed by FISH)

23 T‐ALL

46,XY,?del(10)(q23q25)[6]/46,XY[17]

No abnormalities detected by FISH/RT‐PCR STIL::TAL1

ogm[GRCh38] 1p33(47227936_47324493)×1

STIL::TAL1

24 T‐ALL

46,XY[15]

TLX3 rearrangement by FISH

ogm[GRCh38] t(5;14)(q35.1;q32.2)(171333079;98622030),13q12.2q21.31(27781122_63486427)×1

?BCL11B::TLX3

25 T‐ALL

46,XY,add(6)(q22),add(14)(q2?4)[16]/46,XY[1]

No abnormalities detected by FISH

ogm[GRCh38] t(6;6)(q24.2;q25.3)(144332634;157040528) or inv(6)(q24.2q25.3),t(6;14)(q24.2;q32.2)(144332634;99277645),t(6;14)(q25.3;q32.2)(156271735;99266630)

BCL11B::?

26 T‐ALL

46,XX[20]

TRA/D rearrangement by FISH

ogm[GRCh38] t(2;14)(q22.3;q11.2)(144622655;22496144) TRA::ZEB2
28 T‐ALL

46,XY[16]

TRB rearrangement by FISH

ogm[GRCh38] t(7;7)(p15.2;q34)(27549839;142784716),7q34q36.3(142784716_159334984)×1,12p12.2p12.1(20367120_26146317)×1 TRB::HIBADH
42 T‐ALL

46,XY,add(4)(q21),add(7)(q34),idic(9)(p13),der(9;9)(p10;p10),inc[2]/46,XY[8]

TRB rearrangement by FISH

ogm[GRCh37] 4p16.3p15.1(12985_29399657)×1,inv(4)(p15.1p13)(29414444;43347003),t(7;10)(q34;q24.31)(142508527;102897948),inv(8)(p21.3p11.21)(19781043;41512623),9p24.3p13.1(14566_38792295)×1,9p21.3(21535833_24382513)×0,9q21.11q34.2(70321158_137096384)×3 TRB::TLX1

Note: Bold refined breakpoints, resolving cytogenetic findings and identification of additional clinically relevant SVs.

Abbreviations: ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, MLPA, multiple ligation dependent probe amplification, ND, not determined, OGM, optical genome mapping, SV, structural variant.

a

If no exons are mentioned, the entire gene is deleted.

b

OGM formula abnormalities adapted according to guidelines.