Clinical diversity and treatment approaches to blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm : a retrospective multicentre study

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BACKGROUND: Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) is a rare, aggressive type of haematologic precursor malignancy primarily often manifesting in the skin. We sought to provide a thorough clinical characterization and report our experience on therapeutic approaches to BPDCN.

METHODS: In the present multicentric retrospective study, we collected all BPDCN cases occurring between 05/1999 and 03/2018 in 10 secondary care centres of the German-Swiss-Austrian cutaneous lymphoma working group.

RESULTS: A total of 37 BPDCN cases were identified and included. Almost 90% of the patients had systemic manifestations (bone marrow, lymph nodes, peripheral blood) in addition to skin involvement. The latter presented with various types of cutaneous lesions: nodular (in more than 2/3) and bruise-like (in 1/3) skin lesions, but also maculopapular exanthema (in circa 1/6). Therapeutically, 22 patients received diverse combinations of chemotherapeutic regimens and/or radiotherapy. Despite initial responses, all of them ultimately relapsed and died from progressive disease. Eleven patients underwent haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT; autologous HSCT n = 3, allo-HSCT n = 8). The mortality rate among HSCT patients was only 33.33% with a median survival time of 60.5 months.

CONCLUSION: Our study demonstrates the clinical diversity of cutaneous BPDCN manifestations and the positive development observed after the introduction of HSCT.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

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Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV - 34(2020), 7 vom: 15. Juli, Seite 1489-1495

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Brüggen, M-C [VerfasserIn]
Valencak, J [VerfasserIn]
Stranzenbach, R [VerfasserIn]
Li, N [VerfasserIn]
Stadler, R [VerfasserIn]
Jonak, C [VerfasserIn]
Bauer, W [VerfasserIn]
Porkert, S [VerfasserIn]
Blaschke, A [VerfasserIn]
Meiss, F [VerfasserIn]
Nicolay, J P [VerfasserIn]
Wehkamp, U [VerfasserIn]
Schlaak, M [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, V A [VerfasserIn]
Romani, N [VerfasserIn]
Cozzio, A [VerfasserIn]
Gayathri, N [VerfasserIn]
Dimitriou, F [VerfasserIn]
French, L E [VerfasserIn]
Dummer, R [VerfasserIn]
Guenova, E [VerfasserIn]

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Multicenter Study

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Date Completed 14.05.2021

Date Revised 14.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jdv.16215

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NLM305535641