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

J Cancer Res Ther. 2015 Oct-Dec;11(4):950-3. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.163707.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Exudates and Transudates*
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Prolymphocytic, T-Cell / diagnosis*
  • Leukemia, Prolymphocytic, T-Cell / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Prognosis
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / drug therapy