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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 11.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Anat Pathol. 2009 Nov;16(6):392–404. doi: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e3181bb6bc2

TABLE 3.

Clinical and Immunophenotypic Features of BPDCN Cases Reviewed at the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD

Presenting With Cutaneous Involvement Lacking Cutaneous Involvement at Presentation

Number of patients 46 (84% of total) 9 (16% of total)
Age (y): median, range 67; 4-87 68; 10-84
Male/female, ratio 34/12; 2.8: 1 6/3; 2:1
Prior or concomitant myeloid neoplasia 4/46 (9%) 1/9 (11%)
Immunophenotype
 CD4 39/39 (100%) 8/8 (100%)
 CD56 44/45 (98%) 9/9 (100%)
 CD123 32/32 (100%) 7/7 (100%)
 TdT 22/41 (54%) 6/7 (86%)
 S-100 6/18 (33%) 1/5 (20%)
 CD3 0/38 (0%) 0/9 (0%)
 CD34 0/17 (0%) 0/4 (0%)
 CD117 0/16 (0%) 0/4 (0%)

BPDCN indicates blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm; TdT, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase.