Cutaneous blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: Report of a case and review of the literature

Cutaneous blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: Report of a case and review of the literature

Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) is a rare and aggressive hematologic malignancy that usually occurs in elderly individuals and manifests with skin lesions followed by involvement of the lymph nodes, bone marrow, and peripheral blood. We report our experience of establishing the...

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Main Authors: Chien-yio Lin, Ming-Ying Wu, Tseng-tong Kuo, Pei-Hsuan Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-06-01
Series:Dermatologica Sinica
Subjects:
dendritic cells
plasmacytoid dendritic cells
skin neoplasms
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811717300137
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spelling doaj-a60db30691774e66bca0bac6122a63202020-11-25T01:33:19ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsDermatologica Sinica1027-81172017-06-01352969910.1016/j.dsi.2017.01.004Cutaneous blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: Report of a case and review of the literatureChien-yio Lin0Ming-Ying Wu1Tseng-tong Kuo2Pei-Hsuan Lu3Department of Dermatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Dermatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Taipei, TaiwanCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, TaiwanDepartment of Dermatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Taipei, TaiwanBlastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) is a rare and aggressive hematologic malignancy that usually occurs in elderly individuals and manifests with skin lesions followed by involvement of the lymph nodes, bone marrow, and peripheral blood. We report our experience of establishing the diagnosis of a case of BPDCN in an 86-year-old man. The related literature is reviewed, and the differential diagnosis and treatment modality of this rare entity are discussed.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811717300137dendritic cellsplasmacytoid dendritic cellsskin neoplasms
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author Chien-yio Lin
Ming-Ying Wu
Tseng-tong Kuo
Pei-Hsuan Lu
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Ming-Ying Wu
Tseng-tong Kuo
Pei-Hsuan Lu
Cutaneous blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: Report of a case and review of the literature
Dermatologica Sinica
dendritic cells
plasmacytoid dendritic cells
skin neoplasms
author_facet Chien-yio Lin
Ming-Ying Wu
Tseng-tong Kuo
Pei-Hsuan Lu
author_sort Chien-yio Lin
title Cutaneous blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: Report of a case and review of the literature
title_short Cutaneous blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: Report of a case and review of the literature
title_full Cutaneous blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: Report of a case and review of the literature
title_fullStr Cutaneous blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: Report of a case and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Cutaneous blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: Report of a case and review of the literature
title_sort cutaneous blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: report of a case and review of the literature
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Dermatologica Sinica
issn 1027-8117
publishDate 2017-06-01
description Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) is a rare and aggressive hematologic malignancy that usually occurs in elderly individuals and manifests with skin lesions followed by involvement of the lymph nodes, bone marrow, and peripheral blood. We report our experience of establishing the diagnosis of a case of BPDCN in an 86-year-old man. The related literature is reviewed, and the differential diagnosis and treatment modality of this rare entity are discussed.
topic dendritic cells
plasmacytoid dendritic cells
skin neoplasms
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811717300137
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