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CLINICAL LYMPHOMA MYELOMA & LEUKEMIA
卷 11, 期 3, 页码 293-297出版社
CIG MEDIA GROUP, LP
DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2011.03.019
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Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia; Monocytosis; Myelodysplasia; Myeloproliferative/myelodysplastic; WHO classification
Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) consists of disorders with overlapping dysplastic and proliferative features. The diagnosis of CMML requires absolute monocytosis (> 1000/mu L) in addition to other criteria outlined by the World Health Organization (WHO) classification.(1) Monocytosis not reaching 1000/mu L has been observed in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and presents a diagnostic challenge in classification especially if increases in leukocyte count occurring during disease shifts the monocyte count into the absolute range. We discuss the laboratory and clinical features of 3 patients with myelodysplasia and associated monocytosis. Absolute neutropenia was the dominant feature at presentation, with mild anemia, thrombocytopenia, monocytosis (as a percentage), multilineage dysplasia, and increased myeloblasts, consistent with a diagnosis of refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB). Absolute monocytosis fulfilling the diagnostic criteria for CMML developed over 6-8 months, prompting a change in diagnosis. Two of 3 patients had normal cytogenetic examinations. JAK2 V617F mutation was detected after transformation to CMML in 1 of them; in the other, a novel translocation t(5;12)(p13;q24) was observed at the time of progression to acute leukemia. The use of different diagnostic terminologies-MDS, dysplasia with reactive monocytosis, myeloproliferative, and myeloproliferative/myelodysplastic syndromes by different and even the same pathologists at different times created confusion among the clinicians and patients. The disease course in these 3 patients was characterized by better survival and prolonged time to progression to acute leukemia, than predicted based on the original diagnosis of RAEB, suggesting that MDS with monocytosis may represent a subgroup distinct from MDS or CMML. Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma & Leukemia, Vol. 11, No. 3, 293-7 (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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