Coexisting of bone marrow fibrosis, dysplasia and an X chromosomal abnormality in chronic neutrophilic leukemia with CSF3R mutation: a case report and literature review

Rare case of simultaneous occurrence of chronic neutrophil leukemia and T lymphoblastic lymphoma: case report and literature review

Chronic neutrophil leukemia (CNL) is a rare and life-threatening disease. Cases of CNL combined with lymphoma are rare. Here, we report a case of CNL with T-acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (T-ALL/LBL) in a 28-year-old male. After a regimen of ruxolitinib, VICLP (Vincristine, Idarubicin, Cyclophosphamide, Prednisone, Peg-asparaginase) regimen, high-dose cytarabine, and methotrexate regimens, the patient's bone marrow condition partially resolved. However, when the disease relapsed four months later, despite attempts with selinexor, venetoclax, and CAG(aclarubicin hydrochloride, Algocytidine, Granulocyte Stimulating Factor) chemotherapy, the leukocytes and peripheral blood primitive cells reduced, but the bone marrow did not achieve remission. This pathogenesis may be related to microenvironmental immune escape under prolonged inflammatory stimulation and gene disruption affecting protein function due to colony-stimulating factor 3 receptor gene (CSF3R) mutations. For this type of disease, early intervention may delay disease progression.

Application of Augmented Reality Navigation in Treatment With Fibrosis Dysplasia

OBJECTIVE

In order to reduce the possibility of accidental injury to neurovascular and important tissues, this research conduct preoperative design and intraoperative guidance for fibrous dysplasia through augmented reality technology.

METHODS

Five patients with fibrous dysplasia were selected for three-dimensional (3D) computed tomography (CT) scan and 3D model was reconstructed. Considering the navigation plan was comprehensively, the guide plate (composed of card groove, connector, and fixator) was designed and 3D printed. Three-dimensional software was used to unify the coordinates of the surgical plan and the guide plate, and the relative position was fixed. Then, the virtual and real overlapping registration is completed on the physical model. Pattern recognition technology is used to identify pre-defined markers in the video images before operation. Finally, the registration results are superimposed into the surgical field of vision to guide and remind surgeons.

RESULTS

In this study, the navigation based on augmented reality technology was used in the surgical treatment of 5 cases patients with fibrous dysplasia. The 3D navigation information was displayed in real time in the operative field. The operation was accurate and the postoperative effect was good.

CONCLUSIONS

This paper introduces an effective visual navigation surgical method in treatment with fibrous dysplasia. The augmented-reality based navigation system achieves individualized precise treatment by displaying 3D navigation directly in the surgical field. It is an effective auxiliary method for future research on craniofacial surgery.

Chronic Neutrophilic Leukemia: A Literature Review of the Rare Myeloproliferative Pathology

Hematological malignancies often develop due to a vast spectrum of environmental and genetic etiologies. Chronic neutrophilic leukemia (CNL) can be described as a BCR-ABL1 (Philadelphia chromosome)-negative myeloproliferative neoplastic disease with various genetic mutations that may directly or indirectly play a role in its pathogenesis. A well-established mutation in CNL is the CSF3R (a cytokine receptor) which has been incorporated into the diagnostic criteria for the disease. However, evidence of other mutations such as SETBP1, ASXL1, and TET2 has also shed more light on the pathogenesis of this condition. Due to the unknown incidence and heterogeneous presentation of the disease, the diagnosis and management are often difficult and lack satisfactory data. The purpose of this review is to yield further insight into a disease that lacks awareness in the medical community. Using PubMed as a database, relevant studies and case reports were reviewed. The data compiled were used to acknowledge the disease in terms of etiology, clinical manifestation, molecular pathogenesis, and available treatment modalities. Though existing treatment modalities have been shown to induce clinical improvement, the outcomes are not reliable, and further research is required to reach a comprehensive "standard of care" for the disease.

Eighty-year-old man with rare chronic neutrophilic leukemia caused by CSF3R T618I mutation: A case report and review of literature

BACKGROUND

Chronic neutrophilic leukemia (CNL) is a rare bone marrow proliferative tumor and a heterogeneous disorder. In 2016, the World Health Organization included activating mutations in the CSF3R gene as one of the diagnostic criteria, with CSF3R T618I being the most common mutation. The disease is often accompanied by splenomegaly, but no developmental abnormalities and significant reticular fibrosis, and no Ph chromosome and BCR-ABL fusion gene. So, it is difficult to diagnose at the first presentation in the absence of classical symptoms. Herein we describe a rare CNL patient without splenomegaly whose initial diagnostic clue was neutrophilic hyperactivity.

CASE SUMMARY

The patient is an 80-year-old Han Chinese man who presented with one month of fatigue and fatigue aggravation in the last half of the month. He had no splenomegaly, but had persistent hypofibrinogenemia, obvious skin bleeding, and hemoptysis, and required repeated infusion of fibrinogen therapy. After many relevant laboratory examinations, histopathological examination, and sequencing analysis, the patient was finally diagnosed with CNL [CSF3R T618I positive: c.1853C>T (p.T618I) and c.2514T>A (p.C838)].

CONCLUSION

The physical examination and blood test for tumor-related genes are insufficient to establish a diagnosis of CNL. Splenomegaly is not that important, but hyperplasia of interstitial neutrophil system and activating mutations in CSF3R are important clues to CNL diagnosis.