title: Nodal T cell blast crisis in chronic myeloid leukemia.
abstract: We report the case of a 54 year old male with an original diagnosis of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) who developed a nodal T cell blast crisis (BC) while he was in a complete hematological remission (CR). We describe the clinical presentation and the histological, immunophenotypic and molecular characterization of the lymph node blast cells. Our case, together with other rare similar reports in the literature, argue that a T cell nodal blast crisis of CML resembles the presentation of a T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigaciones Oncohematológicas "Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier".
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lucero
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Birman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Colimodio
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bertinetti
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kotliar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Murolo
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Irusta
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klimovsky
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koziner
mesh_terms: D001752:Blast Crisis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000032:analysis; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010677:Philadelphia Chromosome
chemical_list: D017252:CD3 Complex