Hematologic paraneoplastic syndromes with extreme neutrophilia and eosinophilia are very rarely associated with adenocarcinoma of the lung. We describe a case of a 57-year-old female who presented with neutrophil- and eosinophil-predominant hyperleukocytosis and hypoxic respiratory insufficiency. Bone marrow biopsy confirmed metastatic adenocarcinoma, similar to the biopsy-proven adenocarcinoma of the lung. She was administered one dose of cytotoxic chemotherapy with carboplatin and pemetrexed and started on leukoreductive therapy with hydroxyurea. Molecular testing revealed a BRAF V600E mutation and she was started on dabrafenib and trametinib with significant clinical improvement. This is the first reported case of metastatic BRAF V600E mutated non-small cell lung cancer presenting with extreme neutrophilia and eosinophilia treated with a combination BRAF and mitogen-activated extracellular kinase (MEK) inhibitor.

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