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Erdheim-Chester Disease and Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Mutated NPM1 in a Patient with Clonal Hematopoiesis: A Case Report

BACKGROUNDErdheim-Chester Disease (ECD) is a clonal non-Langerhans histiocytosis, classified as a macrophage-dendritic cell neoplasm in the 2016 WHO classification. The exact cell of origin of ECD is unknown, although some limited evidence suggests that it arises from myeloid progenitors. CASE PRESE...

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Published in:OncoTargets and therapy 2020, Vol.13, p.11689-11695
Main Authors: Papageorgiou, Sotirios G, Divane, Aspasia, Roumelioti, Maria, Kottaridi, Christine, Bouchla, Anthi, Georgakopoulos, Alexandros, Ieremiadou, Fotini, Daraki, Aggeliki, Bazani, Efthymia, Thomopoulos, Thomas P, Chatziioannou, Sofia, Mavrogenis, Andreas, Panayiotidis, Panayiotis, Panayiotides, Ioannis G, Pappa, Vasiliki, Foukas, Periklis G
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Language:English
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Summary:BACKGROUNDErdheim-Chester Disease (ECD) is a clonal non-Langerhans histiocytosis, classified as a macrophage-dendritic cell neoplasm in the 2016 WHO classification. The exact cell of origin of ECD is unknown, although some limited evidence suggests that it arises from myeloid progenitors. CASE PRESENTATIONA 43-year-old patient, diagnosed with BRAF V600E mutated ECD, developed NPM1+/FLT3+ acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with wild-type BRAF, 15 months after the initial ECD diagnosis. The patient received intensive chemotherapy plus midostaurin, followed by midostaurin maintenance. Six months into maintenance, the patient remains in complete remission with low-level measurable residual disease, whereas ECD shows a sustained partial metabolic response. Molecular karyotype at several distinct timepoints, namely ECD diagnosis, AML diagnosis, and following treatment of AML, highlighted a molecular signature, indicative of a persistent, underlying clonal hematopoiesis. CONCLUSIONThis case report suggests that ECD and AML might represent an expansion of two distinct clones in a background of clonal hematopoiesis, indicating their shared origin. Moreover, molecular karyotype might serve as a strong, inexpensive tool for revealing clonal hematopoiesis in cases of negative targeted next-generation sequencing. Finally, the moderate response of ECD to midostaurin suggests that kinase inhibition might have a potential role in ECD treatment.
ISSN:1178-6930
1178-6930
DOI:10.2147/OTT.S276497