[Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: two case reports]

Ann Biol Clin (Paris). 2015 Nov-Dec;73(6):733-6. doi: 10.1684/abc.2015.1094.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (LPDC) is a rare and aggressive leukemia entity with cutaneous and extracutaneous involvement, reaching most often lymph, blood and bone marrow. Two cases of LPDC diagnosed in Hospital Center of Le Mans are reported, a 78 year old woman (case 1) and a 82 year old man (case 2), and have been clinically, biologically and histologically documented. The clinical presentation, diagnostic difficulties are reminded, as well as the pathogenesis and therapeutic aspect.

Keywords: 5-azacytidine; leukemia; plasmocytoid dendritic cell.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Dendritic Cells / pathology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Hematologic Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Hematologic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Leukemia / drug therapy
  • Leukemia / pathology
  • Male
  • Skin Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology