T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia presenting with leukemic serous effusion in a prostate cancer patient.

Salim O., Salim D. K., Berker S., Undar L.

Journal of cancer research and therapeutics, cilt.11, ss.950-3, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Kısa Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4103/0973-1482.163707
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of cancer research and therapeutics
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.950-3
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cancer, serous effusion, T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) is highly aggressive mature postthymic lymphoproliferative disorder, which is characterized by several clinical features. Leukemic prolymphocytes are found in the peripheral blood, bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, liver, and sometimes skin. T-PLL and solid tumor coincidence was reported by only four previous cases. Solid tumor components included breast cancer, classic Kaposi sarcoma, gastric cancer, and lung cancer in those cases. We report the first case of T-PLL, an extremely rare disease, presented with serous effusion in an elderly prostate cancer patient in literature.