Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm: A Case Report of a Rare Leukemic Variant

Author Info

Ammar Al-Obaidi Chloe McBride Christopher Dakhil Khalil Choucair William Palko

Corresponding Author

Ammar Al-Obaidi
University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita Campus, Department of Internal Medicine, Wichita, Kansas, USA

A B S T R A C T

Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm, originally described in 1995, is a very rare hematological malignancy with an aggressive clinical course characterized by a rapid progression to systemic disease via hematogenous dissemination. It represents around 0.5% of all hematologic cancers and typically affects older males. Early recognition remains a challenge as it largely overlaps with other hematological malignancies.

Article Info

Article Type

Case Report

Publication history

Received: Tue 17, Mar 2020
Accepted: Tue 31, Mar 2020
Published: Mon 06, Apr 2020

Copyright

© 2023 Ammar Al-Obaidi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.JCMCR.2020.01.03