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Liu J, Jiang Y, Yuan D, Zhang Z, Liu X, Zhao W, Xu H. Atypical BCR-ABL1 transcript in mixed phenotype acute leukemia with bone marrow necrosis. Mol Carcinog 2024; 63:1429-1435. [PMID: 38860593 DOI: 10.1002/mc.23742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2024] [Revised: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024]
Abstract
Mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL) is a type of acute leukemia in which encompasses mixed features of myeloid, T-lymphoid, and/or B-lymphoid differentiation. Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) MPAL is a rare subgroup with a poor prognosis and accounts for <1% of adult acute leukemia. Until now, there is still no consensus on how to best treat Ph+ MPAL. Here, we report a 62-year-old male with Ph+ (atypical e13a2 BCR-ABL1 fusion protein) MPAL. This patient presented with recurrent and intense bone pain due to bone marrow necrosis (BMN). Besides, he did not achieve a complete remission for the first two chemotherapies, until he received flumatinib combined with hyper-CVAD (B) (a dose-intensive regimen include methotrexate and cytarabine). To our knowledge, this is the first report to describe the coexistence of BMN and atypical e13a2 BCR-ABL1 transcripts in patients with MPAL. This finding will bring new understandings in the diagnosis and treatment of Ph+ MPAL.
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- Jiarui Liu
- Department of Hematology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Department of Hematology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Luan C, Zhao H, Ding Y. Bone marrow necrosis: Facts, controversies, and perspective. Int J Lab Hematol 2024. [PMID: 38923828 DOI: 10.1111/ijlh.14335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Bone marrow necrosis (BMN) is a clinically and pathologically poorly-defined and readily-overlooked entity. The current facts and guidelines pertaining to this entity are scarce, and there exist controversies. Upon reviewing the literature, we present the facts, analyze these controversies, and discourse on future prospects.
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- Chengxin Luan
- Department of Oncology and Hematology, The Fourth Division Hospital of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Yining, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Fourth Division Hospital of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Yining, China
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Banat O, Albataineh T, Hashem H. Numb chin syndrome as a presentation for acute myeloid leukemia relapse post-hematopoietic cell transplant: Case report and review of literature. Pediatr Transplant 2021; 25:e13841. [PMID: 32981203 DOI: 10.1111/petr.13841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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NCS is defined as reduced or absent sensation in the chin and lower lip within the distribution of the mental or inferior alveolar nerves. Although commonly associated with local trauma, NCS can indicate an underlying malignancy or can be the presenting symptom of cancer recurrence. We describe a 6-year-old female patient with AML and t(8,21) who underwent allogeneic HCT. Five months post-HCT, the patient presented with right-sided facial pain and numbness in her chin and lower lip consistent with NCS. Two weeks later, the patient had bone marrow relapse indicating AML recurrence. Although NCS remains a rare diagnosis especially in children, in the context of leukemia, it usually indicates an advanced disease or could be a sign of recurrence, and is commonly associated with grim prognosis. Further research is needed to study the link between NCS and specific cytogenetic abnormalities.
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- Omar Banat
- Department of Pediatrics, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Radiology, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Pediatrics, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan.,Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan
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Yarali N, Isik M, Arman-Bilir O, Guzelkucuk Z, Oguz-Erdogan AS. Bone Marrow Necrosis in a Patient Following Blinatumomab Therapy. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2020; 42:e167-e169. [PMID: 31219910 DOI: 10.1097/mph.0000000000001532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bone marrow necrosis (BMN) is an extremely rare condition characterized by necrosis of the myeloid tissue and medullary stroma leaving an amorphous eosinophilic background and ill-defined necrotic cells in the hematopoietic bone marrow. Several conditions are associated with BMN, including sickle cell disease, metastatic carcinoma, and hematologic malignancies. It is also associated with the use of antineoplastic drugs, such as fludarabine, interferon alpha, and imatinib. Blinatumomab is a CD19/CD3 bispecific T-cell engager antibody which redirects autologous CD3-positive T cells to CD19-positive lymphoblasts creating a cytolytic synapse leading to blastic cells. Cytokine release syndrome, cerebral nervous system toxicities, and febrile neutropenia are the most frequent adverse effects of blinatumomab. Here, we report an adolescent boy with relapse/resistant acute lymphoblastic leukemia developing BMN following blinatumomab therapy. To our knowledge, this is the first case report on BMN following blinatumomab treatment.
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- Nese Yarali
- Departments of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
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- Departments of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
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- Pathology, University of Health Sciences, Ankara Child Health and Diseases Hematology Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Babikir MM, Mohamed SF, Nashwan AJ, Mudawi DS, Purayil SC, Abdelrazek MT, Ahmed KE, Yassin MA. Acute Myeloid Leukemia Presenting with Numb Chin Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of Literature. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CASE REPORTS 2020; 21:e920117. [PMID: 32123152 PMCID: PMC7069330 DOI: 10.12659/ajcr.920117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Revised: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Numb chin syndrome is a rare and under diagnosed neuropathy of the inferior alveolar branch of the trigeminal nerve usually causing a lower lip and chin anesthesia or paresthesia. The syndrome is commonly associated with broad-spectrum malignant and non-malignant conditions. CASE REPORT Here we report a case of a 30-year-old male who presented with numb chin syndrome in the form of jaw pain, paresthesia, and hypoesthesia of the mental area as the presenting symptoms of acute of myeloid leukemia with t(8;21) treated with (3+7) protocol (3 days anthracycline+7 days cytarabine). The pain and paresthesia improved but hypothesia persisted. CONCLUSIONS Acute myeloid leukemia is one of the most serious causes of numb chin syndrome which should not be overlooked.
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- Mona M. Babikir
- Department of Medical Education, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hematology Section, National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR), Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hematology Section, National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR), Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Medical Education, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hematology Section, National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR), Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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Koizumi I, Hernandez-Muguiro D, Chu SAA, Stokol T, Asakawa MG. Clinicopathologic Findings of Spontaneous Leukemia in 9 Pet African Hedgehogs ( Atelerix Albiventris). Front Vet Sci 2020; 7:54. [PMID: 32118073 PMCID: PMC7026476 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Previous reports of leukemia in hedgehogs are limited. We describe clinicopathologic features of leukemia in 9 hedgehogs, including eosinophilic leukemia (n = 3) and acute leukemia/leukemic phase of lymphoma (n = 6). All 3 hedgehogs with eosinophilic leukemia were older than 2 years of age; in contrast, 4 of 6 cases of acute leukemia/lymphoma were <2 years old. Hedgehogs presented for non-specific clinical signs of anorexia and lethargy. On hematologic testing, hedgehogs with eosinophilic leukemia had a marked leukocytosis, consisting mostly of eosinophilic precursors with fewer mature eosinophils, whereas there were 43–97% immature cells (blasts) in the blood of hedgehogs with acute leukemia/lymphoma. Anemia (n = 6) and/or thrombocytopenia (n = 6) were concurrent findings. Increased liver enzyme activities (alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase) and hypoalbuminemia were the common findings on biochemical panels. All cases of eosinophilic leukemia and 4 cases of acute leukemia/lymphoma died shortly after diagnosis (median 7 days, range 0–41 days), whereas 2 cases of acute leukemia/lymphoma lived for 94 or 101 days. Postmortem examination in 5 cases (1 eosinophilic leukemia, 4 acute leukemia/lymphoma) showed bone marrow infiltrates, confirming eosinophilic leukemia and acute leukemia in 1 and 3 cases, and bone marrow necrosis in 1 animal with acute leukemia/lymphoma. Immunohistochemical staining of bone marrow sections confirmed a T-cell acute leukemia in 1 case. Several hedgehogs had concurrent carcinomas. Hedgehogs suffer from eosinophilic leukemia and acute leukemia/lymphoma. However, classification of acute leukemia by lineage was not possible due to lack of hedgehog cross-reactive or species-specific reagents.
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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Ducourneau B, Hemar C. Bone marrow necrosis in neuroendocrine tumor of the thymus. Clin Case Rep 2018; 6:1970-1971. [PMID: 30349709 PMCID: PMC6186880 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.1728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2018] [Revised: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The prognosis of patients with marrow necrosis secondary to neoplastic disease (often gastric adenocarcinoma) was found to be extremely poor with a median overall survival (OS) of few months. This case confirms the very poor prognosis and shows an association with a neural endocrine adenocarcinoma of the thymus.
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- Benoît Ducourneau
- Laboratory of HematologyHospital center of ValenciennesValenciennesFrance
- Laboratory of HematologyBiology and Pathology CenterLilleFrance
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- Laboratory of HematologyHospital center of ValenciennesValenciennesFrance
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Ezekwudo D, Lupak O, Vaddepally R, Gbadamosi B, Kuriakose P. Unexplained pancytopenia in acute myeloid leukemia treatment. Clin Case Rep 2018; 6:1504-1506. [PMID: 30147892 PMCID: PMC6099047 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.1570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Revised: 04/07/2018] [Accepted: 04/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Certain histopathological findings have been described in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients during treatment that define the hematologic outcomes. Such entities as bone marrow necrosis and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis have been reported. These often result in severe pancytopenia.
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- Daniel Ezekwudo
- Department of Hematology and OncologyHenry Ford HospitalDetroitMIUSA
- Department of Hematology and OncologyWilliam Beaumont HospitalRoyal OakMIUSA
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- Department of Hematology and OncologyHenry Ford HospitalDetroitMIUSA
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- Department of Hematology and OncologyHenry Ford HospitalDetroitMIUSA
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- Department of Hematology and OncologyHenry Ford HospitalDetroitMIUSA
- Department of Hematology and OncologyWilliam Beaumont HospitalRoyal OakMIUSA
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- Department of Hematology and OncologyHenry Ford HospitalDetroitMIUSA
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