Transdifferentiation of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma to a poorly differentiated neoplasm following CAR T-cell therapy.

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy is a recent advancement in precision medicine with promising results for patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell malignancies. However, rare post-therapy morphologic, immunophenotypic, and genomic alterations can occur. This study is to present a case of a patient with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) who underwent anti-CD19 CAR-T therapy with disease in the uterus that showed transdifferentiation to a poorly differentiated malignant neoplasm that failed to express any lineage specific markers.

Updated COVID-19 clearance time among patients with cancer in the Delta and Omicron waves.

Background: COVID-19 infection delays therapy and in-person evaluation for oncology patients, but clinic clearance criteria are not clearly defined.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of oncology patients with COVID-19 at a tertiary care center during the Delta and Omicron waves and compared clearance strategies.

Results: Median clearance by two consecutive negative tests was 32.

t(4;12)(q12;p13) ETV6-rearranged AML without eosinophilia does not involve PDGFRA: relevance for imatinib insensitivity.

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with t(4;12)(q12;p13) translocation is rare and often associated with an aggressive clinical course and poor prognosis. Previous reports based on fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis have suggested that ETV6::PDGFRA fusions are present in these patients, despite the absence of eosinophilia, which is typically found in other hematopoietic malignancies with PDGFRA-containing fusions. We first detected an ETV6-SCFD2 fusion by targeted RNA sequencing in a patient with t(4;12)(q12;p13) who had been diagnosed with an ETV6-PDGFRA fusion by FISH analysis but failed to respond to imatinib.

Intracranial hemorrhage in cancer patients treated with anticoagulation.

Both venous thromboembolism and intracranial metastases are common complications in the setting of primary brain tumors and metastatic malignancies. Anticoagulation is indicated in the presence of cancer-associated thrombosis in order to limit the risk of pulmonary embolism; however, there is reluctance to initiate anticoagulation in the setting of intracranial metastatic disease due to potential for intracranial hemorrhage. Recent evidence suggests that therapeutic anticoagulation can be safely administered in the setting of metastatic brain tumors.

Widely metastatic squamous cell carcinoma originating from malignant transformation of hypertrophic lichen planus in a 24-year-old woman: case report and review of the literature.

Hypertrophic lichen planus (HLP) is a T-cell-mediated process typically presenting with hypertrophic or verrucous plaques on the lower limbs. We report the case of a 24-year-old woman with a history of HLP since age 3 years presenting with rapid malignant transformation of one lesion into a large squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Subsequent examination revealed progressive, widespread metastatic involvement, and the patient ultimately died from her disease.