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Koerber, RM; Held, SAE; Vonnahme, M; Feldmann, G; Wenzel, J; Gütgemann, I; Brossart, P; Heine, A.
Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic-cell neoplasia: a challenging case report
J CANCER RES CLIN. 2022; 148(3): 743-748.
Doi: 10.1007/s00432-021-03777-2
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- Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic-cell neoplasm (BPDCN) is an extremely rare disease that originates from dendritic cells and is associated with a poor overall survival (OS). Diagnostic and therapeutic standards are less well-established in comparison to other leukemic conditions and standards of care are lacking. Morphologic and molecular similarities to acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) are hard to distinguish. We here report a BPDCN patient with a long, challenging diagnostic period. While bone marrow biopsies initially failed to prove the correct diagnosis, a cutaneous biopsy finally identified a CD45(+)/CD56(+)/CD4(+)/CD123(+)/CD33(+)/MPO- population suggestive of BPDCN which was confirmed by flow cytometry. Molecular analysis revealed an ASXL-1, TET2 and SRSF2-mutation, cytogenetic analysis showed a normal karyotype. Treatment with the recently approved CD123-cytotoxin Tagraxofusp showed initially a very good response. This case reflects diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties in BPDCN as very rare, easily misdiagnosed neoplasia and the need for precise diagnostic care.
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- Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell-neoplasms (BPDCN)
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