Two cases of blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm.

Hong, Albert Sunghwan; Alsharabati, Muntasser; Jagun, Oluwadamilola; Howard, Lucy; Halpern, Saul

Patient 1: An 80-year-old gentleman presented to the dermatology clinic with multiple widespread erythematous and violaceous indurated plaques on the trunk and upper limbs ranging between 1 and 3 cm with palpable lymphadenopathy (Fig 1. Patient 2 had his cutaneous lesion excised and after a discussion in the hematology MDT, he was managed palliatively with no further investigations or treatment given his systemic involvement as evidenced by multiple nodal involvements on the PET-CT scan. Patient 2: An 82-year-old gentleman with a previous history of sigmoid adenocarcinoma in remission developed a "bruise" over the left chest which became an asymptomatic nodule.

DENDRITIC cells; POSITRON emission tomography computed tomography; TUMORS

International Journal of Dermatology, 2022, Vol 61, Issue 10, pe405

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Academic Journal

10.1111/ijd.16256