Case Report

KIT D816V Positive Acute Mast Cell Leukemia Associated with Normal Karyotype Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Table 1

Clinical and laboratory features observed in our patient with MCL + AML, as compared to those described in a series of 342 patients with SM, including ISM, ASM, and SM-AHN, published by Lim et al. in 2009 [20].

Lim et al. series [20]This case (MCL-AML)
ISM (n = 159)ASM (n = 41)SM-AHN (n = 138)

Demographic data
Age, years49 (19–84)65 (32–85)65 (20–87)41
Gender, males/females69 (43)/90 (57)19 (46)/22 (54)97 (70)/41 (30)Female
Clinical features
Time from symptoms to diagnosis, months72 (0–516)18 (1–372)15 (1–360)1 month
Maculopapular skin lesions100 (63)15 (37)25 (18)Yes
Cutaneous symptoms20 (71)16 (62)10 (83)Yes
Constitutional symptoms3 (19)24 (59)85 (62)Yes
MC mediators-related symptoms110 (69)9 (22)39 (28)Yes
Anaphylactoid reactions53 (33)2 (5)2 (1)No
Musculoskeletal symptoms48 (30)17 (41)41 (30)No
Gastrointestinal symptoms113 (71)26 (63)79 (57)Yes
Hepatomegaly22 (14)16 (39)53 (38)Yes
Splenomegaly26 (17)18 (44)76 (57)Yes
Lymphadenopathy22 (14)11 (27)40 (29)Yes
C-findingsNA41 (100)36 (26)Yes
BM dysfunction with cytopenia(s)NA13 (32)NAYes
Hepatomegaly with functional impairmentNA11 (27)20 (14)Yes
Splenomegaly with hypersplenismNA9 (22)16 (12)Yes
Osteolysis/pathological fracturesNA18 (44)5 (4)No
Malabsorption with weight lossNA2 (5)1 (1)No
Peripheral blood findings
Hemoglobin, g/dl13.9 (8.1–16.7)11.3 (5.1–16.5)10.9 (6.4–17.4)11.0
Hemoglobin, <10.0 g/dl4 (3)10 (24)48 (45)No
Platelets, ×109/L260 (39–570)179 (20–561)129 (2–1625)16
Platelets, <100 × 109/L2 (1)11 (27)50 (37)Yes
Neutrophils, ×109/L4.2 (0.6–12.4)4.2 (0.9–17.8)4.8 (0.2–42.5)0.3
Neutrophils, <100 × 109/L2 (1)2 (5)11 (8)Yes
Serum tryptase, μg/L53.6 (11.4–1410)145 (10–2000)75.4 (3.7–1360)184
Increased tryptase: >11.5/>200 μg/L89 (99)/11 (12)14 (93)/6 (40)49 (92)/15 (28)>11.5/<200
Decreased albumin (<35 g/L)10 (9)10 (26)29 (27)Yes
Increased AP (>115 U/L)36 (25)24 (60)65 (50)Yes
Increased AST (>48)/ALT (>55 U/L)10 (7)/4 (7)5 (13)/1 (9)22 (17)/5 (16)Yes
Increased total bilirubin3 (11)10 (28)42 (32)Yes
Increased LDH (>222 U/L)2 (4)1 (9)25 (25)Yes
Bone marrow findings
BM cellularity: increased/decreased49 (32)/15 (10)24 (67)/3 (8)123 (91)/1 (1)Increased
MC in BM biopsy: <10%58 (41)9 (26)42 (35)NA
MC in BM biopsy: 10–30%/>30%68 (48)/15 (11)17 (50)/8 (24)66 (55)/12 (10)NA
Fibrosis grade 2 or more5 (14)8 (47)31 (46)Grade 2
MC phenotype, FCM: CD2+/CD25+27 (66)/39 (95)4 (50)/8 (100)7 (33)/18 (86)No/Yes
MC nuclear morphology: oval/elongated87 (78)/24 (22)21 (66)/7 (22)82 (73)/17 (15)Mixed
MC nuclear morphology: indented/round0 (0)/0 (0)3 (9)/1 (3)10 (9)/3 (3)
Blasts in BM smears: 5–10%/>10%0 (0)/0 (0)0 (0)/0 (0)16 (12)/11 (8)24%
Molecular and chromosomal aberrancies
KIT D816V mutation(78)(82)(60)Yes
FIP1L1-PDGFRA rearrangement(52)NANANo
JAK2 V617F mutation(4)NANANA
Abnormal karyotype(5)(20)(31)No
Survival and leukemic transformation
Transformation into AML or MCL1 (<1)2 (5)18 (13)MCL + AML
Median survival time from diagnosis, mo1984124Alive, 24 mo
Deaths after median follow-up of 21 mo26 (16)25 (61)99 (72)NA

AHN, associated hematological neoplasm; ALT, alanine transaminase; AML: acute myeloid leukemia; AP, alkaline phosphatase; AST, aspartate transaminase; BM: bone marrow; FCM, flow cytometry; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; MC, mast cells; MCL, mast cell leukemia; mo, months; NA, not available, not evaluated or not applicable. Not all parameters were evaluated in all patients. Results are presented as median (range) values or as number (percentage) of patients with the mentioned characteristic.