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However, their occurrence in neoplasia, including acute leukemia, appears to be rare. We analyzed complex karyotypes in bone marrow cells from 113 patients with acute myeloid leukemia and one patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia using centromeric\/multicentromeric fluorescence in situ hybridization and identified four cases (3.5%) with derivative chromosomes exhibiting newly formed constrictions. Three of these patients had secondary leukemia following preexisting hematological disorders, suggesting a potential role for neocentromeres in disease progression. In all four cases, neocentromeres were detected on derivative chromosome 11. To our knowledge, this is the first report of neocentromeres derived from this chromosome in acute leukemia. All four patients in our study died; however, all exhibited complex karyotypes, which are independently associated with poor prognosis and an aggressive disease course. 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