T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma with eosinophilia associated with subsequent myeloid malignancy

Am J Surg Pathol. 1992 Mar;16(3):236-45. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199203000-00003.

Abstract

Three patients with T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma and peripheral blood eosinophilia are reported. At the time of diagnosis, all patients had lymphadenopathy, and one had a mediastinal mass. Lymph node biopsies revealed lymphoblastic lymphoma admixed with a variable number of mature eosinophils. Immunophenotypic studies demonstrated that each lymphoma had an immature T-cell immunophenotype. Bone marrow biopsies were hypercellular with myeloid hyperplasia and eosinophilia but were negative for lymphoma. All patients received multiagent chemotherapy; one patient achieved a complete remission, and two patients had partial remissions. All patients subsequently developed a myeloid malignancy. Two died of acute myeloid leukemia within 18 months of the diagnosis of lymphoblastic lymphoma. The third patient relapsed with a lymphoma that had histologic and immunophenotypic features of both T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma and granulocytic sarcoma and also developed a poorly defined myeloproliferative disorder. These findings suggest that T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma associated with eosinophilia may represent a distinct clinico-pathologic entity with a high risk of subsequent myeloid neoplasia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • Child
  • Cytogenetics
  • Eosinophilia / complications*
  • Female
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Immunophenotyping
  • Leukemia, Myeloid / drug therapy
  • Leukemia, Myeloid / etiology*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid / pathology
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Male
  • Myeloproliferative Disorders / etiology*
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / complications*
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / drug therapy
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / pathology