Journal of HematopathologyPub Date : 2023-04-10eCollection Date: 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1007/s12308-023-00542-x
Margot Egger, Anne Black, Christoph Robier
{"title":"Coincidence of plasma cell leukemia and COVID-19: a diagnostic pitfall.","authors":"Margot Egger, Anne Black, Christoph Robier","doi":"10.1007/s12308-023-00542-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12308-023-00542-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report the case of a 66-year-old man with a known history of IgD multiple myeloma (MM) which was admitted to hospital because of acute renal failure. Routine PCR testing on admission yielded a positive result for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Examination of the peripheral blood (PB) smear revealed 17% lymphoplasmacytoid cells and a few small plasma cells mimicking morphological changes frequently seen in viral diseases. However, flow cytometric examination showed 20% clonal lambda-restricted plasma cells being consistent with a diagnosis of secondary plasma cell leukemia. Circulating plasma cells as well as similar appearing lymphocyte subtypes such as plasmacytoid lymphocytes are frequently observed in infectious disorders such as COVID-19, so that the lymphocyte morphology in our patient's case could have been easily misinterpreted as typical COVID-19-induced changes. Our observation highlights the importance of incorporating clinical, morphological, and flow-cytometric data in distinguishing between reactive and neoplastic lymphocyte changes because misinterpretation may affect disease classification and, beyond that, clinical decision-making, which may have serious consequences for patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":51320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hematopathology","volume":"16 2","pages":"127-128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10088712/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9547289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
U. Demirci, H. Kırkızlar, E. Ümit, Vildan Gürsoy, Ibrahim Ethem Pınar, F. Özkalemkaş, Z. Güven, L. Kaynar, F. Keklik Karadag, G. Saydam, Ömer Ekinci, M. Merter, M. Aras, M. Albayrak, S. K. Gülsaran, V. Bas, B. Aydın, H. Beköz, F. Can, I. Dilek, Özgür Mehtap, E. Öztürk, Bengü Çöbanoğlu Şimşek, M. Yıldırım, M. Aylı, Ü. Ataş, O. Salim, M. Ayer, Elif Birtaş Ateşoğlu, O. Akay, M. Kurt Yüksel, S. Paydaş, Selçuk Korkmaz, Fulya Öz Puyan, A. Demir
{"title":"CD5 as a prognostic marker in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a multicenter study","authors":"U. Demirci, H. Kırkızlar, E. Ümit, Vildan Gürsoy, Ibrahim Ethem Pınar, F. Özkalemkaş, Z. Güven, L. Kaynar, F. Keklik Karadag, G. Saydam, Ömer Ekinci, M. Merter, M. Aras, M. Albayrak, S. K. Gülsaran, V. Bas, B. Aydın, H. Beköz, F. Can, I. Dilek, Özgür Mehtap, E. Öztürk, Bengü Çöbanoğlu Şimşek, M. Yıldırım, M. Aylı, Ü. Ataş, O. Salim, M. Ayer, Elif Birtaş Ateşoğlu, O. Akay, M. Kurt Yüksel, S. Paydaş, Selçuk Korkmaz, Fulya Öz Puyan, A. Demir","doi":"10.1007/s12308-022-00523-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12308-022-00523-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hematopathology","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79696364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zachary L. Chelsky, M. Saleh, K. Laziuk, R. Hammer
{"title":"The value of next generation sequencing in the diagnosis of a rare cause of eosinophilia: B cell-acute lymphoblastic leukemia with t(5;14)(q31;q32)","authors":"Zachary L. Chelsky, M. Saleh, K. Laziuk, R. Hammer","doi":"10.1007/s12308-022-00521-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12308-022-00521-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hematopathology","volume":"85 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87714545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ting Li, Ping-Yeh Wu, Man Chen, M. Fu, Aixian Wang, Hui Wang
{"title":"Concurrence of relapsed neuroblastoma and therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia in an 8-year-old patient","authors":"Ting Li, Ping-Yeh Wu, Man Chen, M. Fu, Aixian Wang, Hui Wang","doi":"10.1007/s12308-022-00522-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12308-022-00522-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hematopathology","volume":"3 1","pages":"275-278"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85257136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Youjeong Seo, Sanzida Alam Prome, L. Kim, J. Han, Joon-Mee Kim, Suk‐Jin Choi
{"title":"Florid lambda-monotypic B-cell proliferation in fatal severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infection-associated necrotizing lymphadenitis: a potential diagnostic pitfall","authors":"Youjeong Seo, Sanzida Alam Prome, L. Kim, J. Han, Joon-Mee Kim, Suk‐Jin Choi","doi":"10.1007/s12308-022-00520-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12308-022-00520-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hematopathology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87094336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Estefania Gauto-Mariotti, A. Nguyen, Chloe Waters, G. Scurti, Sandra Haddad, M. Velankar, Annika V. Dalheim, V. Dronzek, R. Ketterling, M. Nishimura, J. Dalland, N. Hossain
{"title":"Transdifferentiation of high-grade B-cell lymphoma with MYC and BCL2 rearrangements into histiocytic sarcoma after CAR T-cell therapy: a case report","authors":"Estefania Gauto-Mariotti, A. Nguyen, Chloe Waters, G. Scurti, Sandra Haddad, M. Velankar, Annika V. Dalheim, V. Dronzek, R. Ketterling, M. Nishimura, J. Dalland, N. Hossain","doi":"10.1007/s12308-022-00519-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12308-022-00519-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hematopathology","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86917028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A newly detected c.180 + 1G > A variant causes a decrease of FGA transcription in patients with congenital hypo-dysfibrinogenemia","authors":"Z. Li, Jin-wei Lou, Wei Li, Lin Chen","doi":"10.1007/s12308-022-00518-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12308-022-00518-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hematopathology","volume":"80 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79335387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Kallen, Y. Saito, N. Hardy, Y. Ning, T. Singleton, Z. Singh, R. Koka
{"title":"Attack of the clones: a T-cell population resembling adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, and large granular lymphocytosis, in an HTLV-2-infected patient","authors":"M. Kallen, Y. Saito, N. Hardy, Y. Ning, T. Singleton, Z. Singh, R. Koka","doi":"10.1007/s12308-022-00515-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12308-022-00515-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hematopathology","volume":"93 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87740407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Dasgupta, M. Jain, Trupti Shetty, L. Salunkhe, M. Goriwale, A. Nadkarni
{"title":"Hemoglobin Reims—a rare alpha globin chain variant and its interaction with beta thalassemia","authors":"A. Dasgupta, M. Jain, Trupti Shetty, L. Salunkhe, M. Goriwale, A. Nadkarni","doi":"10.1007/s12308-022-00512-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12308-022-00512-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hematopathology","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74734248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}