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Table 1 Oncologic history/summary

From: Adult Langerhans cell histiocytosis presenting with multisystem involvement and sarcomatoid features: a case report

January 2017: Skin biopsy showed LCH

February 2017: Progressive nausea/diarrhea, weight loss

March 2017: EGD - herpes esophagitis, Barrett’s esophagus, Helicobacter pylori gastritis, Langerhans cell sarcoma in stomach/duodenum

 Acyclovir full dose, triple therapy (could not tolerate)

April 2017: Persistent nausea/emesis, weight loss

 EGD: Resolved herpes esophagitis, Barrett’s esophagus, persistent gastritis, Langerhans cell sarcoma in stomach/duodenum

 PET/CT: Diffuse uptake in bone marrow, and GI tract

 Brain MRI (−)

 Bone MRI: Diffuse marrow changes, no bone lesions

 Normal CBC, LDH

 BMBx (−)

May 2017: Cytarabine 100 mg/m2/d × 5 d

July 2017: EGD/colonoscopy post C3 - still significant erythema, biopsy (+)

August 2017: Improved but persistent symptoms

 Skin biopsy - LCH

September 2017: C6 - switch to every 2 weeks

October 2017: BMBx post C7 – No evidence of disease, dyspoiesis likely from chemo, (−) AML FISH and myeloid NGS

November 2017: Right posterior cerebral artery [PCA] thrombus s/p TPA

 Circulating blasts: BMBx - acute monoblastic leukemia

  Karyotype: 45,XY,der(13;14)(q10;q10)

  45,X,der(Y)t(Y;?)(q11.2;?), sl, der(1)t(1;9)(p10;q10), der(8)t(1;8)(q10;p10), del(10)(p11.2)

  AML NGS (−), FISH (−)

November 2017: 7 + 3 - D15: Recurrent skin lesions

 BMBx - persistent AML

 Karyotype: 45,XY,der(13;14)(q10;q10)

 Skin lesion: Leukemia cutis with LCH

 (+) AML NGS PTPN11 mutation

 FISH (+) homozygous del 9p21

December 2017: CLAG-M - diplopia on D1

 (+) MRI and LP for CSF involvement

 LP with IT chemo 2x/week × 6 - (−) first LP

 Recovery marrow - CR

January 2018: HiDAC 3 g/m2 x C1 + IT

February 2018: Cytarabine 2 g/m2 + cladribine 5 mg/m2 + mitoxantrone 10 mg/m2 + IT

March 2018: MTX 5 g/m2 + cytarabine 3 g/m2 as a bridge to transplant due to new skin lesions + IT

  1. AML acute myeloid leukemia, BMBx bone marrow biopsy, CBC complete blood count, C# cycle number, CLAG-M cladribine, cytarabine, granulocyte colony stimulating factor, mitoxantrone, CR complete response, D# day number, EGD esophagogastroduodenoscopy, FISH fluorescent in situ hybridization, GI gastrointestinal, HiDAC high-dose cytarabine, IT intrathecal, LCH Langerhans cell histiocytosis, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, LP lumbar puncture, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, MTX methotrexate, NGS next generation sequencing, PTPN11 Protein tyrosine phosphatase, non-receptor type 11, TPA tissue plasminogen activator