Research Progress in Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm
Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm(BPDCN)is an extremely rare invasive tumor with poor prognosis.The common clinical manifestations of BPDCN include skin injury,bone marrow involve-ment,and tumor cell spread.BPDCN is often misdiagnosed as other diseases and its diagnosis often requires a combination of clinical manifestations,imaging,histology,and immunophenotyping.Among them,immunophe-notyping is crucial for the diagnosis of BPDCN.Although BPDCN is rare and no consensus has been reached on first-line treatment option,new drugs and options for treating this disease have emerged with the development of new drugs and increased awareness of BPDCN.This article reviews the research background,the origin of blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cells,and the recent research progress in the pathogenesis,diagnosis and differential di-agnosis,treatment,and prognosis of BPDCN.