指状树突状细胞肉瘤(IDCS)是一种高度侵袭性造血系统肿瘤。国内外报道的IDCS病例较少,对该肿瘤的认识有限[1]–[2]。近期我科应用化疗桥接自体造血干细胞移植(auto-HSCT)治疗1例IDCS患者,获得了较好疗效。
病例资料
患者,女,33岁,孕31周,于2017年9月因“左侧咽部不适、鼻咽部及颈部肿物”就诊于我院耳鼻喉科。查体:双侧中鼻道可见荔枝样新生物,左颈部可触及4 cm×5 cm肿物(质韧,光滑,压痛明显,活动度差)。喉镜检查:鼻咽部大量灰白色干酪样物,堵塞双侧后鼻孔。肿物活检病理示“(鼻咽部)组织细胞肿瘤,瘤细胞呈梭形或卵圆形,形成束状或轮状分布;免疫组化:肿瘤细胞表达S-100、Vimentin和CD163,不表达CD21、CD23、CD35和CD1a,除外滤泡树突细胞肉瘤(FDCS)”(图1)。孕35周后行剖宫产术。术后11 d血常规:WBC 8.09×109/L,HGB 119 g/L,PLT 426×109/L;β2微球蛋白2.7 mg/L;EB病毒DNA 1.78×103 IU/ml;PET-CT示“左侧鼻咽部不规则软组织肿块累及双侧口咽,代谢增高,符合肉瘤表现;双侧颈部及左侧锁骨上区、腹膜后多发肿大淋巴结,代谢增高,肠系膜及肠壁多发结节,代谢增高;胰尾部可疑稍低密度结节,代谢增高”(图2)。骨髓穿刺及活检“未见明显异常”。诊断:IDCS伴多处转移。
图1. 指状树突细胞肉瘤患者鼻咽部肿物活检病理.
A:肿瘤细胞胞质丰富淡染,其内散在嗜酸性粒细胞和淋巴细胞(HE染色,×200);B:CD1a(−);C:CD21(−);D:Langerin(−)
图2. 指状树突细胞肉瘤患者PET-CT检查.
A:鼻咽、口咽、颈部双侧、左锁骨上、腹膜后、肠系膜、胰尾等代谢均增高;B:左侧鼻咽高代谢;C:口咽部高代谢,领近组织受压
2017年10月开始GDP方案(吉西他滨+奥沙利铂+地塞米松)化疗,疗效欠佳。后给予ABVD方案(表柔比星+博莱霉素+长春瑞滨+达卡巴嗪+地塞米松)治疗4个疗程,疗效评价“部分缓解”;追加2个疗程ABVD方案联合培门冬酶及1个疗程放疗,单光子发射断层显像(SPECT)/CT示“鼻咽指状树突细胞肉瘤化疗后:鼻咽左侧壁软组织增厚,未见明显高代谢,考虑治疗后改变;左颈部肿大淋巴结影,代谢增高”。疗效评价为“部分缓解”。行auto-HSCT,应用阿糖胞苷及粒细胞集落刺激因子动员外周血干细胞(PBSC);预处理方案:克拉屈滨7.6 mg/d,−7~−3 d;阿糖胞苷3 g/d,−7 d、−6 d;白消安164 mg/d,−5~−2 d,回输单个核细胞17.76×108/kg、CD34+细胞28.3×106/kg。中性粒细胞、血小板分别于+11 d、+13 d植入。+20 d血常规:WBC 3.11×109/L,HGB 81 g/L,PLT 158×109/L,尿常规、肝肾功均无明显异常,EBV、巨细胞病毒(CMV)均(−),颈部肿块消失,疗效评价“完全缓解”。随访至今,患者持续处于“完全缓解”状态。
讨论及文献复习
指状树突状细胞(IDC)是树突状细胞(DC)的一种亚型,来源于骨髓造血干细胞,定位于淋巴器官的T区,主要功能是抗原捕获、呈递以及参与免疫应答调节[3]–[4]。IDCS是一种具有与IDC表型相似的梭形至卵圆形细胞的恶性增生性疾病,一般认为其来源于IDC,近来也有研究认为,IDCS可由淋系或髓系肿瘤转分化而来[5]–[8]。2016年世界卫生组织(WHO)淋巴肿瘤分类将组织/树突状细胞来源的肿瘤分为:组织细胞肉瘤(HS)、朗格汉斯细胞组织增生症(LCH)、朗格汉斯细胞肉瘤(LCS)、未确定型树突状细胞肉瘤(INDCS)、IDCS、FDCS、纤维母细胞性网状细胞瘤(FRCT)、播散性幼年性黄色肉芽肿(DGXG)和Erdheim-Chester病(ECD)[9]。组织/树突状细胞来源的肿瘤在淋巴肿瘤中占比低于1%[10],其中IDCS更罕见且最具侵袭性[4],Feltkamp等[11]于1981年首次报道IDCS。该病病死率高,局部型、播散型IDCS患者的2年生存率分别为68.1%、15.8%[12]。
IDCS的病因和发病机制尚未明确,EBV感染被认为是FDCS发病的致病因素,但尚无证据证明EBV感染与IDCS之间存在关联。本例患者初诊即有EBV感染,是否与孕晚期免疫力较低有关还有待进一步考究。遗传学方面,IDCS患者免疫球蛋白肿瘤基因和T细胞受体基因的β、δ、γ链处于胚系状态[7],有研究表明成熟B细胞淋巴瘤(滤泡性淋巴瘤和CLL/SLL)与组织细胞/DC肿瘤通过相同的分子改变(bcl-2/IgH易位)和单克隆免疫球蛋白重链基因(IgH基因)重排而存在克隆关系[5],[7]–[8],[13],这为我们提供了成熟B型肿瘤细胞转变为成熟DC型肿瘤细胞的证据[5],[7],而这种跨系转分化多见于IDCS[5],由此也有学者推断IDCS可能与bcl-2基因直接相关[14]。另外,还有研究者发现,MYC基因易位[8],BRAF-V600E、ARID2、TP53等基因突变[15]–[16],RAS-BRAF信号转导(NF1突变)和NF-κB激活(TNFAIP3)[17]与这种谱系转化有关。
目前,IDCS的诊断主要基于临床表现、细胞形态学和免疫组化检查。大多数患者出现无痛性淋巴结肿大,以颈部淋巴结受累最多见,而低热、消瘦、盗汗和疲劳等肿瘤消耗性表现仅影响25%的患者;结外侵犯常见的部位有肝、皮肤、胃肠道(GIT)、神经系统等[2],[18]–[21]。诊断的关键是淋巴器官的T区中存在肿瘤细胞,镜下瘤细胞呈弥漫状、束状、轮状、或席纹状增生排列,瘤细胞本身多呈纺锤形、卵圆形,胞质丰富、嗜酸性,细胞界限不清,椭圆形或不规则中央核,染色质分散呈空泡状,核膜薄,核仁嗜酸性;瘤细胞周边可见小淋巴细胞,浆细胞或其他炎症细胞[10],[21]–[22]。IDCS肿瘤细胞典型的免疫表型为S-100(+)、Vimentin(+)、CD68(+/−)、CD1α(−)、溶酶体(−),同时不表达滤泡树突状细胞(FDC)的标志CD21、CD35[10],[15],[21],[23]。本例患者免疫组化标志肿瘤细胞表达S-100、Vimentin和CD163,不表达FDC标志物(CD21、CD35)及CD1a,故除外FDCS,诊断为IDCS。部分IDCS瘤细胞可表达CD45RO、CD4、CD43、CD163和SMA,而Melan-A、HMB-45、细胞角蛋白、上皮膜抗原(EMA)、CD23、CD30、CD34、ALK、Langerin和髓过氧化物酶等均为阴性[2],[10],[15],[22]–[23],Ki-67指数通常为10%~20%[24]。
IDCS是一种罕见疾病,目前尚无标准治疗方案。对于局限IDCS患者,首选治疗方法是手术切除,术后是否需要进一步的放、化疗,目前尚无共识[12]–[13],[16]。对于播散性IDCS患者,首选以化疗为主的综合治疗,可选方案有CHOP、ABVD、DHAP(地塞米松+顺铂+高剂量阿糖胞苷)、EPOCH、ICE(异环磷酰胺+卡铂+依托泊苷)以及顺铂、表柔比星、大剂量甲氨蝶呤等的组合[13],[16],但以上方案疗效均不理想。本例患者初诊时即伴腹膜后、肠系膜、肠壁、胰腺等处广泛转移,GDP方案疗效不佳,以ABVD方案联合地塞米松化疗4个疗程后达部分缓解。
截至目前,行造血干细胞移植的IDCS病例国内尚无报道。本例患者较年轻,虽有远处转移、但尚未侵及骨髓,经过7个疗程化疗及1个疗程放疗仍未达完全缓解,综合评估后选择桥接auto-HSCT。考虑肿瘤细胞为骨髓造血干细胞来源,我们选择含克拉屈滨及阿糖胞苷的预处理方案,获得较好的清髓效果,且未发生严重不良反应,粒细胞、血小板分别于+11 d、+13 d植活。移植后患者颈部包块消失,随访至今持续处于完全缓解状态。
总之,ABVD方案对本例播散性IDCS患者有效,其长期生存通过auto-HSCT获得了进一步改善。
Funding Statement
基金项目:河南省自然科学基金(162300410287)
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