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20-11-2023 | Eosinophilia | Brief Report

T cell phenotype and lack of eosinophilia are not uncommon in extramedullary myeloid/lymphoid neoplasms with ETV6::FLT3 fusion: a case report and review of the literature

Authors: Jérémy Schoelinck, Julie Gervasoni, Yann Guillermin, Emmanuel Beillard, Daniel Pissaloux, Catherine Chassagne-Clement

Published in: Virchows Archiv | Issue 5/2024

Abstract

In the 2022, WHO and ICC classifications, myeloid/lymphoid neoplasms with eosinophilia (M/LN-eo) and tyrosine kinase gene fusions represent rare hematologic malignancies driven by rearrangements of PDGFRA, PDGFRB, FGFR1, JAK2, FLT3, and ETV6::ABL1 fusion. Eosinophilia is the most constant finding, whereas the clinicopathological features are quite heterogeneous, presenting as Chronic eosinophilic leukemia (CEL) NOS, myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasm (MDS/MPN), MDS, MPN, systemic mastocytosis (SM), T or B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoblastic lymphoma (ALL/LBL), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), blastic phase of MPN, or mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL). Extramedullary involvement at diagnosis or during progression is common. Here, we report a very unusual case of myeloid/lymphoid neoplasm with ETV6::FLT3 fusion with a nodal presentation without associated eosinophilia. Our case draws attention to diagnostic pitfalls in these rare entities.

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Title: T cell phenotype and lack of eosinophilia are not uncommon in extramedullary myeloid/lymphoid neoplasms with ETV6::FLT3 fusion: a case report and review of the literature
Authors: Jérémy Schoelinck
Julie Gervasoni
Yann Guillermin
Emmanuel Beillard
Daniel Pissaloux
Catherine Chassagne-Clement
Publication date: 20-11-2023
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Eosinophilia
Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia
Lymphoma
Leukemia
Systemic Mastocytosis
Published in: Virchows Archiv / Issue 5/2024
Print ISSN: 0945-6317
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2307
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-023-03693-5

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