A radiologist's tale History: 60 year old male who developed fatigue and myalgias after TKR in 1999. Over ensuing months developed wheezing and DOE. CXR revealed diffuse pulmonary infiltrates and on CBC had eosinophilia (WBC 12,000/35% eos). Diagnosed with EOSINOPHILIC PNEUMONIA. Treated with steroids and CellCept. Able to taper steroids to 7.5 mg/d and stop CellCept in 12/01. Around the same time WBC increased to 22,000 with lymphocytosis and was referred to Heme/Onc.
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A radiologist's taleHistory: 60 year old male who developed fatigue
and myalgias after TKR in 1999. Over ensuing months developed wheezing and DOE. CXR revealed diffuse pulmonary infiltrates and on CBC had eosinophilia (WBC 12,000/35% eos). Diagnosed with EOSINOPHILIC PNEUMONIA. Treated with steroids and CellCept. Able to taper steroids to 7.5 mg/d and stop CellCept in 12/01. Around the same time WBC increased to 22,000 with lymphocytosis and was referred to Heme/Onc.
A radiologist's tale (cont.)PMHx: HTN, HyperlipidemiaMedications: Prednisone 7.5 mg, Flovent, Advair,
Atenolol, LipitorROS: No B symptoms, occasional DOEPE: Normal except rales at basesLabs:
unlike T-ALL Negative B cell markers (CD19,20,22) Usually CD2+, CD3+, CD5+, and CD7+ Usually either a CD4+CD8- (47%) or
CD4+CD8+ (15%) T-cell
Cytogenetics 76% with chromosome 14 abnormalities with
breakpoints at q11 and q32inv (14)(q11;q32) 63%t(14;14)(q11;q32)7%
Trisomy 8q and chromosome 7 rearrangements less common
Chromosomes 7 (p13-14, q32-35) & 14 (q11 locus) contain genes that encode for TCR
Some reports that mutations in chromosome 11 that inactivate ATM gene are seen in pts with T-ALL who do not have AT (suggest this is a tumor suppressor gene)
Association with ataxia telangiectasia
Autosomal recessive disorder• Characterized by ataxia, oculocutaneous
telangectasias, immune deficiency, predisposition to malignancies (mainly T cell malignancies)
Mutated ATM gene on chromosome 11q22.3
Patients develop clonal expansions of T cells that may progress to PLL
Differential LGL
• Abundant cytoplasm, many azurophilic granules, rare nucleoli• CD3+, CD8+,CD57+, Half of cases are CD 7-• Rare chromosome 14 abnormalities• 10 year survival about 80%
HTLV+, adult T cell lymphocytic leukemia (ATLL) • Present with hypercalcemia, lymphadenopathy, high white
cell counts, skin involvement, hepatomegaly, and lytic bone lesions
• CD 7-• Rare chromosome 14 abnormalities
Sezary syndrome• Cerebriform nuclei• Half of cases are CD 7-• Rare chromosome 14 abnormalities
Therapy
5 Untreated• 4 patients died 1-2 mos following diagnosis• 1 patient remained untreated for 19 mos, & died 1 mos
after starting therapy for progressive lymphocytosis
32 patients treated with alkylators – 28% PRs
15 patients treated with CHOP – 33% responded with 1 CR lasting 3 months
XRT used in 6 patients – 3 PRs, one lasting 44 mos
Matutes, et. al., Blood 78:3269-3274
Therapy (cont.) Best responses seen with nucleoside
analogues• 50% responses seen with
2'deoxycoformycin (DCF)• 3 CR and 12 PR, CRs lasting 8-12 mos• OS with DCF therapy 10 mos v. 7 mos
Cladribine/Fludarabine/Pentostatin
Mercieca, JCO 12: 2588-2593 45% response rate with 2'deoxycoformycin
(pentostatin) at 4 mg/m2 weekly x 4 and then q 2 weeks until optimal response
10 month duration of response if CR, 6 mos for PRKantarjian, Am. J. Med 90: 223-228
Witzig, Leukemia/Lymphoma 14:137-139 50% responses seen with cladribine and
fludarabine, but duration of response still less then 1 year
due tx induced thrombocytopenia, 1 renal failure, 1 CVA
Keating, JCO 20:205-213
Transplantation Various case series of 1-2 patients
who are still alive up to 2 years after allogeneic transplantation or mini-transplant
Prognostic features
Better outcomeLymphadenopathy p < 0.04
Age less than 50Nucleoside analogue therapy
Worse outcomeHepatomegaly p <0.01
Indolent T-PLL?Garand, et. al. British Journal of Hematology
103: 488-494 78 patients
• 25 had initial stable course• OS 40 months compared to 12 months in the
patients with aggressive course• Median stable phase was 33 months ( > 5 years in
5 patients)• 16 of 25 were untreated in stable phase, with no
difference in progression in treated v. untreated (however, the treated group received chlorambucil – would fludarabine increased survival?)
Indolent PLLGarand, et. al. British Journal of Hematology 103: 488-494 Characteristics of 25 patients with indolent
disease• No organomegaly• Moderate leukocytosis (10 - 52,000)• No cytopenias (2 cases had thrombocytopenia)• No difference in histologic or cytogenetic features• The aggressive subset tended to be CD45RO+ and
CD45RA-, a marker of "memory" T cells, where as the indolent group more like "naïve" T cells
• Authors postulate that different homing properties and adhesion molecules of memory and naïve T –cells may be responsible for aggressive clinical course
A word on B-PLL Incidence is 10% that of CLL Dx requires 55% circulating prolymphocytes Clinical features
• 4:1 males to females, usually high WBC, splenomegaly, rare lymphadenopathy
Variable CD 5 expression Cytogenetics: 17p- (p53 mutations), 14 q+, trisomy 12 often
observed• Occasional c-myc t(2;8) mutations seen as in Burkitts
Tx: alkylators have < 20% response, nucleoside analogues or Campath favored
Overall survival: 3 years
Back to our storyRecommended observation as no cytopenias,
splenomegaly or lymphadenopathy. Patient developed recurrent pneumonias in ensuing months that responded to antibiotics and steroids. Bronchoscopy on 2 occasions revealed T-PLL in lung parenchyma. DOE worsening.
Started fludarabine 8/02
?Any link of eosinophilic pneumonia to T-cell malignancies
Simon, et. Al. NEJM 341: 1112-1120• 16/60 patients with idiopathic eosinophilia had
abnormal T cell clones in peripheral blood (the majority CD3+,CD4+CD8-)
• 3 of these patients eventually developed a malignant T-cell leukemia/lymphoma or Sezary syndrome
• These T-cell clones secreted high levels of interleukin 5 which may have stimulated the eosinophilia