Acute mast cell leukemia: A rare but highly aggressive hematopoietic neoplasm

Diagn Cytopathol. 2018 Jul;46(7):639-641. doi: 10.1002/dc.23965. Epub 2018 May 7.

Authors

Myrto Costopoulos¹, Madalina Uzunov², Dominique Bories³, Frederic Charlotte⁴, Karim Maloum¹, Michel Arock¹

Affiliations

¹ Biological Haematology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris.
² Clinical Haematology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris.
³ Biological Haematology Department, Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil.
⁴ Pathology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris.

PMID: 29736992
DOI: 10.1002/dc.23965

No abstract available

Keywords: KIT D816V; acute mast cell leukemia; immunophenotyping; mast cells; mastocytosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adolescent
Anaphylaxis / chemically induced
Anaphylaxis / pathology
Antigens, CD / genetics
Antigens, CD / immunology
Ceftriaxone / administration & dosage
Ceftriaxone / adverse effects
Fatal Outcome
Female
Gene Expression
Heart Failure / chemically induced
Heart Failure / pathology
Hematologic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Hematologic Neoplasms / immunology
Hematologic Neoplasms / pathology
Humans
Leukemia, Mast-Cell / diagnosis*
Leukemia, Mast-Cell / immunology
Leukemia, Mast-Cell / pathology
Mast Cells / immunology
Mast Cells / pathology*
Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnosis
Pneumonia, Bacterial / drug therapy
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / chemically induced
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / pathology

Substances

Antigens, CD
Ceftriaxone