Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Am J Hematol. 2024 May;99(5):871-879. doi: 10.1002/ajh.27263. Epub 2024 Feb 26.
Malignant histiocytosis (MH) is an extremely rare neoplasm of the macrophage-dendritic cell lineage. We report the clinical characteristics, molecular aberrations, treatments, and outcomes of patients with MH seen at two referral centers from January 2000 to May 2023. We identified 43 patients with MH, of which 26 had histiocytic sarcoma (MH-H), 9 interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (MH-IDC), and 8 Langerhans cell sarcoma (MH-LC). The median age at diagnosis was 61 years (range, 3-83). Thirty-three patients (77%) had multifocal disease, while 10 had unifocal involvement. Tumor specimens from 22 patients (51%) underwent targeted next generation sequencing, and 19 of 22 (86%) had at least one pathogenic mutation, including mutations in MAPK pathway genes (73%). The median overall survival (OS) among the entire cohort was 16 months (95% CI: 8-50). The outcomes of those with multifocal disease were significantly shorter than their unifocal counterpart: median OS of 10 months versus 50 months (p = .07). Patients with risk organ involvement (bone marrow, spleen, or liver) had significantly inferior outcomes. Chemotherapy and surgery were the most common first-line treatments for multifocal and unifocal disease, respectively. While the outcome for patients with multifocal disease was poor, there was a subset of patients who had durable responses to treatment. Our study highlights that MH has heterogeneous clinical presentation, frequent oncogenic mutations, and prognosis, which is strongly tied to disease extent and type of organ involvement.
恶性组织细胞增生症(MH)是一种极其罕见的巨噬细胞-树突状细胞谱系的肿瘤。我们报告了 2000 年 1 月至 2023 年 5 月期间在两个转诊中心就诊的 MH 患者的临床特征、分子异常、治疗方法和结局。我们共发现 43 例 MH 患者,其中 26 例为组织细胞肉瘤(MH-H),9 例为间变性树突细胞肉瘤(MH-IDC),8 例为朗格汉斯细胞肉瘤(MH-LC)。诊断时的中位年龄为 61 岁(范围,3-83 岁)。33 例(77%)患者为多灶性疾病,10 例为单灶性受累。22 例患者(51%)的肿瘤标本进行了靶向下一代测序,其中 19 例(86%)至少存在 1 种致病性突变,包括 MAPK 通路基因的突变(73%)。整个队列的中位总生存期(OS)为 16 个月(95%CI:8-50)。多灶性疾病患者的结局明显短于单灶性疾病患者:中位 OS 为 10 个月与 50 个月(p=0.07)。伴有风险器官受累(骨髓、脾脏或肝脏)的患者结局明显较差。化疗和手术分别是多灶性和单灶性疾病的最常见一线治疗方法。虽然多灶性疾病患者的预后较差,但有一部分患者对治疗有持久的反应。我们的研究表明,MH 具有异质性的临床表现、频繁的致癌突变和预后,这与疾病程度和受累器官类型密切相关。