title: Pseudo-Pelger-Huët anomaly induced by medications: a clinicopathologic study in comparison with myelodysplastic syndrome-related pseudo-Pelger-Huët anomaly.
abstract: Pseudo-Pelger-Huët anomaly (PPHA) has been documented in association with transplant medications and other drugs. This iatrogenic neutrophilic dysplasia is reversible with cessation or adjustment of medications but is frequently confused with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) based on the conventional concept that PPHA is a marker for dysplasia. We investigated the clinicopathologic features in iatrogenic PPHA and compared them with MDS-related PPHA. The 13 cases studied included 5 bone marrow/stem cell transplantations, 3 solid organ transplantations, 1 autoimmune disease, 3 chronic lymphocytic leukemias, and 1 breast carcinoma. For 12 cases, there was follow-up evaluation, and all demonstrated at least transient normalization of neutrophilic segmentation. All 9 cases of MDS demonstrated at least 2 of the following pathologic abnormalities on bone marrow biopsy: hypercellularity (8/9), morphologic dysplasia (8/9), clonal cytogenetic abnormality (7/9), and increased blasts (3/9), whereas these abnormalities were typically absent in iatrogenic PPHA. Iatrogenic PPHA displayed a higher proportion of circulating PPHA cells than in MDS (mean, 47.4%; SD, 31.6% vs mean, 12.3%; SD, 9.8; P < .01). A diagnostic algorithm is proposed in which isolated PPHA is indicative of transient or benign PPHA unless proven otherwise.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Pathology, DUMC, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors.forename: Endi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boswell
authors.forename: Imran
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Siddiqi
authors.forename: Chuanyi Mark
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Siby
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sebastian
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rehder
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009173:Mycophenolic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D010381:Pelger-Huet Anomaly / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D009173:Mycophenolic Acid; D016559:Tacrolimus