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The clinical and molecular diversity of mast cell leukemia with or without associated hematologic neoplasm.
Haematologica - 1 Jun 2017
Jawhar Mohamad, Schwaab Juliana, Meggendorfer Manja, Naumann Nicole, Horny Hans-Peter, Sotlar Karl, Haferlach Torsten, Schmitt Karla, Fabarius Alice, Valent Peter, Hofmann Wolf-Karsten, Cross Nicholas C P, Metzgeroth Georgia, Reiter Andreas
Abstract excerpt
Mast cell leukemia is a rare variant of advanced systemic mastocytosis characterized by at least 20% of mast cells in a bone marrow smear. We evaluated clinical and molecular characteristics of 28 patients with (n=20, 71%) or without an associated hematologic neoplasm. De novo mast cell leukemia was diagnosed in 16 of 28 (57%) patients and secondary mast cell leukemia evolving from other advanced systemic...
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