[Cerebriform variant type of T cell prolymphocytic leukemia: Report of one case]

Rev Med Chil. 2016 Jan;144(1):124-8. doi: 10.4067/S0034-98872016000100016.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

T cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia (T-PLL) is a rare and aggressive mature T cell Lymphocyte Leukemia. Twenty five percent of cases present as a small cell variant, and only 5% as a cerebriform variant. We report a 58 year-old man with rapidly progressive severe leukocytosis, skin lesions, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly and pleural effusion. The lymphocytes had a cerebriform type. The diagnosis of T-PLL variant was made by morphology and immunophenotype study of peripheral blood. Karyotype was found to be complex. He was refractory to chemotherapy and died two months later.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Immunophenotyping
  • Leukemia, Prolymphocytic, T-Cell / blood
  • Leukemia, Prolymphocytic, T-Cell / genetics
  • Leukemia, Prolymphocytic, T-Cell / pathology*
  • Leukocytosis
  • Male
  • Middle Aged