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==Overview==
==Overview==
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==Natural History, Complications, and Prognosis==
==Natural History, Complications, and Prognosis==
Progression to acute myeloid leukemia may seen in 10-21.2% of patients with CNL.<ref name="Elliott2006">{{cite journal|last1=Elliott|first1=Michelle A.|title=Chronic neutrophilic leukemia and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia: WHO defined|journal=Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology|volume=19|issue=3|year=2006|pages=571–593|issn=15216926|doi=10.1016/j.beha.2005.07.012}}</ref><ref name="Reilly2002">{{cite journal|last1=Reilly|first1=John T.|title=CHRONIC NEUTROPHILIC LEUKAEMIA: A DISTINCT CLINICAL ENTITY?|journal=British Journal of Haematology|volume=116|issue=1|year=2002|pages=10–18|issn=0007-1048|doi=10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03234.x}}</ref>
Progression to acute myeloid leukemia may seen in 10-21.2% of patients with CNL.<ref name="Elliott2006">{{cite journal|last1=Elliott|first1=Michelle A.|title=Chronic neutrophilic leukemia and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia: WHO defined|journal=Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology|volume=19|issue=3|year=2006|pages=571–593|issn=15216926|doi=10.1016/j.beha.2005.07.012}}</ref><ref name="Reilly2002">{{cite journal|last1=Reilly|first1=John T.|title=CHRONIC NEUTROPHILIC LEUKAEMIA: A DISTINCT CLINICAL ENTITY?|journal=British Journal of Haematology|volume=116|issue=1|year=2002|pages=10–18|issn=0007-1048|doi=10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03234.x}}</ref>
Common complications of [disease name] include [complication 1], [complication 2], and [complication 3].


Prognosis is generally poor, and the 5-year survival rate of patients with CNL is approximately 28%.<ref name="Reilly2002">{{cite journal|last1=Reilly|first1=John T.|title=CHRONIC NEUTROPHILIC LEUKAEMIA: A DISTINCT CLINICAL ENTITY?|journal=British Journal of Haematology|volume=116|issue=1|year=2002|pages=10–18|issn=0007-1048|doi=10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03234.x}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal
Prognosis is generally poor, and the 5-year survival rate of patients with CNL is approximately 28%.<ref name="Reilly2002">{{cite journal|last1=Reilly|first1=John T.|title=CHRONIC NEUTROPHILIC LEUKAEMIA: A DISTINCT CLINICAL ENTITY?|journal=British Journal of Haematology|volume=116|issue=1|year=2002|pages=10–18|issn=0007-1048|doi=10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03234.x}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal
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* Splenomegaly
* Splenomegaly
   
   
Conversion to
The common complications of CNL include:<ref name="ElliottHanson2004">{{cite journal|last1=Elliott|first1=M A|last2=Hanson|first2=C A|last3=Dewald|first3=G W|last4=Smoley|first4=S A|last5=Lasho|first5=T L|last6=Tefferi|first6=A|title=WHO-defined chronic neutrophilic leukemia: a long-term analysis of 12 cases and a critical review of the literature|journal=Leukemia|volume=19|issue=2|year=2004|pages=313–317|issn=0887-6924|doi=10.1038/sj.leu.2403562}}</ref><ref name="CigudosaMenezes2015">{{cite journal|last1=Cigudosa|first1=Juan C|last2=Menezes|first2=Juliane|title=Chronic neutrophilic leukemia: a clinical perspective|journal=OncoTargets and Therapy|year=2015|pages=2383|issn=1178-6930|doi=10.2147/OTT.S49688}}</ref>
The transformation rate to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has been shown to vary between 10% and 21.2%6,16 with a median time to AML transformation of 21 months (3–94 months)89,158.The spectrum of fatal complications in CNL includes hemorrhagic diathesis, with fatal intracranial hemorrhage being particularly common in earlier reports11, progressive disease, blastic or leukemic transformation, and treatment-related toxicity following chemotherapy induction or transplantation12,158. Distinct disease phases analogous to the accelerated and blastic phases observed in CML have not formally been defined in CNL, though its natural history often does recapitulate that of untreated CML. Disease progression in CNL typically involves resistance to treatment, progressive refractory neutrophilia, increasing red cell and platelet transfusion dependency, worsening organomegaly consistent with disease acceleration, and eventual blast crisis which to date, has been exclusively reported as myeloid. As discussed, such progression may be associated with the acquisition of additional cytogenetic abnormalities148.Further, as in other classic MPN, there appears to be the potential to evolve toward/from other MPNs such as PV50,51 and CMML18.
* Predisposing to hemorrhage (intracranial hemorrhage as the most common cause of death in CNL patients) 
* Progression of disease  
* Blastic or leukemic conversion
* Treatment-related toxicity


The most frequently reported causes of death were intracranial haemorrhage, progressive disease and treatment-related toxicity from chemotherapy or transplantation. 24 A recent study evaluated role of various factors for prognostication including age, lactate dehydrogenase levels, splenomegaly, haemoglobin level, thrombocytopenia, total bilirubin levels, SETBP1 mutation, ASXL1 mutation and ‘T618I versus other CSF3R mutation’ in a group of 14 cases of CSF3R mutated CNL. On a multivariate analysis, only ASXL1 mutation and thrombocytopenia were found to be independently predictive of short survival. The median survival in this group was 23.2 months.32 A trend of short survival has been reported in patients with coexisting CSF3R and SETBP1 mutations.26 A case of CNL has been reported with coexistent CSF3R and SETBP1 mutations that showed in vitro lack of response to JAK inhibitor. 29 A study reported transformation of two SETBP1 mutated cases of CNL to AML. The same study also reported evolution of CNL to chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia in patients with presence of ASXL1 mutation and lack of SETBP1 mutation.3 These cooperative mutations likely play an important role in disease transformation.
The indication of disease progression in CNL patients include:
* Treatment-resistant
* Refractory neutrophilia
* Increasing in red blood cells
* Platelet transfusion dependency
* Deterioration of organomegaly
* Blast crisis


==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==
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In the absence of a CSFR3R mutation, persistent neutrophilia (at least 3 months), splenomegaly, and no identifiable cause of reactive neutrophilia
In the absence of a CSFR3R mutation, persistent neutrophilia (at least 3 months), splenomegaly, and no identifiable cause of reactive neutrophilia


including absence of a plasma cell neoplasm or, if present, demonstration of clonality of myeloid cells by cytogenetic or molecular studies.
including the absence of a plasma cell neoplasm or, if present, demonstration of clonality of myeloid cells by cytogenetic or molecular studies.
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Overview

Chronic neutrophilic leukemia (CNL) is an extremely rare myeloproliferative neoplasms with almost 200 cases in the world. While, most of the time this disease is asymptomatic, fatigue, weight loss, night sweats, bone pain, gout and pruritus are some of its symptoms. Splenomegaly is found in examination of most patients.

Historical Perspective

  • Chronic neutrophilic leukemia(CNL) was first presented by Tuohy, in a case of splenomegaly and neutrophilic leukocytosis, in 1920.[1] Although, It was named by Tanzer et al, in 1964.[2]
  • In 2001, WHO introduced the criteria for diagnosis CNL as a myeloproliferative disorder that was revised in 2016.[3]
  • In 2013, CSF3R (colony stimulating factor 3 receptor) mutations was proposed that was found in the most CNL patients.[4]

Classification

There is no established system for the classification of CNL.

Pathophysiology

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Causes

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The cause of [disease name] has not been identified. To review risk factors for the development of [disease name], click here.

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OR

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Epidemiology and Demographics

  • There are almost only 200 patients with CNL worldwide.[5]
  • The exact incidence of CNL is undetermined.[6]
  • The incidence of CNL increases with age; the median age at diagnosis is 66.5 years.
  • There is no racial predilection to CNL.
  • CNL affects men and women almost equally.[7]

Risk Factors

There are no established risk factors for [disease name].

OR

The most potent risk factor in the development of [disease name] is [risk factor 1]. Other risk factors include [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].

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Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include [risk factor 1], [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].

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Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] may be occupational, environmental, genetic, and viral.

Screening

There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for [disease/malignancy].

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According to the [guideline name], screening for [disease name] is not recommended.

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According to the [guideline name], screening for [disease name] by [test 1] is recommended every [duration] among patients with [condition 1], [condition 2], and [condition 3].

Natural History, Complications, and Prognosis

Progression to acute myeloid leukemia may seen in 10-21.2% of patients with CNL.[7][8]

Prognosis is generally poor, and the 5-year survival rate of patients with CNL is approximately 28%.[8][9]

The factors that can predict poor outcomes are:[10][11][12]

  • white blood cell count>50,000 cells per microliter
  • ASXL1 mutation
  • Thrombocytopenia
  • Advanced age
  • Dependency to transfusion
  • Peripheral blasts ≥ 1%
  • Marrow blasts ≥ 10%
  • Splenomegaly

The common complications of CNL include:[13][14]

  • Predisposing to hemorrhage (intracranial hemorrhage as the most common cause of death in CNL patients)
  • Progression of disease
  • Blastic or leukemic conversion
  • Treatment-related toxicity

The indication of disease progression in CNL patients include:

  • Treatment-resistant
  • Refractory neutrophilia
  • Increasing in red blood cells
  • Platelet transfusion dependency
  • Deterioration of organomegaly
  • Blast crisis

Diagnosis

Diagnostic Study of Choice

The diagnosis of CNL is based on the WHO criteria, which include:[15]

World Health Organization (WHO) Criteria for CNL Diagnosis
1. Peripheral blood White blood cells(WBC) ≥25 × 109/L:
  • Segmented neutrophils plus band forms ≥80% of WBC
  • Neutrophil precursors <10% of WBC
  • Myeloblasts rarely observed
  • Monocyte count <1 × 109/L
  • No dysgranulopoies.
2. Hypercellular bone marrow:
  • Neutrophil granulocytes increased in percentage and number
  • Normal neutrophil maturation
  • Myeloblasts <5% of nucleated cells
3. Not meeting WHO criteria for:
  • BCR-ABL1+ chronic myeloid leukemia,
  • Polycythemia vera
  • Essential thrombocythemia,
  • Primary myelofibrosis
4.No rearrangement of:
  • PDGFRA,
  • PDGFRB,
  • FGFR1,
  • PCM1-JAK2
5.Presence of CSF3RT618I or other activating CSF3R mutation or

In the absence of a CSFR3R mutation, persistent neutrophilia (at least 3 months), splenomegaly, and no identifiable cause of reactive neutrophilia

including the absence of a plasma cell neoplasm or, if present, demonstration of clonality of myeloid cells by cytogenetic or molecular studies.

History and Symptoms

The majority of patients with CNL are asymptomatic.

Common symptoms of CNL patients include following:[16][17]

  • Fatigue (as a most common symptom)
  • Weight loss
  • Night sweats
  • Bone pain
  • Easy bruising
  • Pruritus
  • Gout

Physical Examination

Physical examinations of patients with CNL include:[13]

  • Splenomegaly
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Lymphadenopathy(uncommon)

Laboratory Findings

A chronic elevated concentration of blood mature neutrophils is diagnostic for CNL.[13]

Some patients with CNL may have:[17][13][7]

  • Mild anemia
  • Thrombocytopenia
  • Elevation of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)
  • Elevation of vitamin B12

Other Diagnostic Studies

Bone marrow morphology

Bone marrow morphology in CNL patient may show:[3][18]

  • Hypercellularity with myeloid hyperplasia
  • Increasing myeloid to erythroid ratio
  • Increasing of myelocytes, metamyelocytes, and bands
  • Absence of basophilia and eosinophilia
  • Megakaryocytic hyperplasia

[Diagnostic study] may be helpful in the diagnosis of [disease name]. Findings suggestive of/diagnostic of [disease name] include [finding 1], [finding 2], and [finding 3].

OR

Other diagnostic studies for [disease name] include [diagnostic study 1], which demonstrates [finding 1], [finding 2], and [finding 3], and [diagnostic study 2], which demonstrates [finding 1], [finding 2], and [finding 3].

Treatment

Medical Therapy

There is no established treatment for patients with CNL. However, following options may be useful in treatment of patients with CNL:[13][6][19]

  • Hematopoitic stem cell transplant (HSCT)
  • Hydroxyurea
  • Interferon
  • Hypomethylating agents
  • Ruxolitinib
  • Thalidomide
  • Cladribine
  • Imatinib
  • Splenic irradiation and splenectomy

References

  1. Tuohy, E. L. (1920). "A CASE OF SPLENOMEGALY WITH POLYMORPHONUCLEAR NEUTROPHIL HYPERLEUKOCYTOSIS". The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 160 (1): 18–24. doi:10.1097/00000441-192007000-00003. ISSN 0002-9629.
  2. Tanzer, J.; Harel, P.; Boiron, M.; Bernard, Jean (1964). "CYTOCHEMICAL AND CYTOGENETIC FINDINGS IN A CASE OF CHRONIC NEUTROPHILIC LEUKÆMIA OF MATURE CELL TYPE". The Lancet. 283 (7329): 387–388. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(64)92142-7. ISSN 0140-6736.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Uppal, Guldeep; Gong, Jerald (2015). "Chronic neutrophilic leukaemia". Journal of Clinical Pathology. 68 (9): 680–684. doi:10.1136/jclinpath-2015-203060. ISSN 0021-9746.
  4. Maxson, Julia E.; Gotlib, Jason; Pollyea, Daniel A.; Fleischman, Angela G.; Agarwal, Anupriya; Eide, Christopher A.; Bottomly, Daniel; Wilmot, Beth; McWeeney, Shannon K.; Tognon, Cristina E.; Pond, J. Blake; Collins, Robert H.; Goueli, Basem; Oh, Stephen T.; Deininger, Michael W.; Chang, Bill H.; Loriaux, Marc M.; Druker, Brian J.; Tyner, Jeffrey W. (2013). "Oncogenic CSF3R Mutations in Chronic Neutrophilic Leukemia and Atypical CML". New England Journal of Medicine. 368 (19): 1781–1790. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1214514. ISSN 0028-4793.
  5. Swerdlow, Steven (2008). WHO classification of tumours of haematopoietic and lymphoid tissues. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. ISBN 9789283224310.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Szuber, Natasha; Tefferi, Ayalew (2018). "Chronic neutrophilic leukemia: new science and new diagnostic criteria". Blood Cancer Journal. 8 (2). doi:10.1038/s41408-018-0049-8. ISSN 2044-5385.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Elliott, Michelle A. (2006). "Chronic neutrophilic leukemia and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia: WHO defined". Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology. 19 (3): 571–593. doi:10.1016/j.beha.2005.07.012. ISSN 1521-6926.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Reilly, John T. (2002). "CHRONIC NEUTROPHILIC LEUKAEMIA: A DISTINCT CLINICAL ENTITY?". British Journal of Haematology. 116 (1): 10–18. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03234.x. ISSN 0007-1048.
  9. J. Bohm & H. E. Schaefer (2002). "Chronic neutrophilic leukaemia: 14 new cases of an uncommon myeloproliferative disease". Journal of clinical pathology. 55 (11): 862–864. PMID 12401827. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  10. Dao, Kim-Hien T.; Tyner, Jeffrey W.; Gotlib, Jason (2017). "Recent Progress in Chronic Neutrophilic Leukemia and Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia". Current Hematologic Malignancy Reports. 12 (5): 432–441. doi:10.1007/s11899-017-0413-y. ISSN 1558-8211.
  11. Elliott, Michelle A.; Pardanani, Animesh; Hanson, Curtis A.; Lasho, Terra L.; Finke, Christy M.; Belachew, Alem A.; Tefferi, Ayalew (2015). "ASXL1mutations are frequent and prognostically detrimental inCSF3R-mutated chronic neutrophilic leukemia". American Journal of Hematology. 90 (7): 653–656. doi:10.1002/ajh.24031. ISSN 0361-8609.
  12. Massimo Breccia, Francesca Biondo, Roberto Latagliata, Ida Carmosino, Franco Mandelli & Giuliana Alimena (2006). "Identification of risk factors in atypical chronic myeloid leukemia". Haematologica. 91 (11): 1566–1568. PMID 17043019. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Elliott, M A; Hanson, C A; Dewald, G W; Smoley, S A; Lasho, T L; Tefferi, A (2004). "WHO-defined chronic neutrophilic leukemia: a long-term analysis of 12 cases and a critical review of the literature". Leukemia. 19 (2): 313–317. doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403562. ISSN 0887-6924.
  14. Cigudosa, Juan C; Menezes, Juliane (2015). "Chronic neutrophilic leukemia: a clinical perspective". OncoTargets and Therapy: 2383. doi:10.2147/OTT.S49688. ISSN 1178-6930.
  15. Arber, D. A.; Orazi, A.; Hasserjian, R.; Thiele, J.; Borowitz, M. J.; Le Beau, M. M.; Bloomfield, C. D.; Cazzola, M.; Vardiman, J. W. (2016). "The 2016 revision to the World Health Organization classification of myeloid neoplasms and acute leukemia". Blood. 127 (20): 2391–2405. doi:10.1182/blood-2016-03-643544. ISSN 0006-4971.
  16. Reilly JT (2002). "Chronic neutrophilic leukaemia: a distinct clinical entity?". Br J Haematol. 116 (1): 10–8. PMID 11841395.
  17. 17.0 17.1 Hasle, Henrik; Olesen, Gitte; Kerndrup, GITTE; Philip, Preben; Jacobsen, Niels (1996). "Chronic neutrophil leukaemia in adolescence and young adulthood". British Journal of Haematology. 94 (4): 628–630. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.7082329.x. ISSN 0007-1048.
  18. Swerdlow, Steven (2008). WHO classification of tumours of haematopoietic and lymphoid tissues. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. ISBN 9789283224310.
  19. You W, Weisbrot IM (1979). "Chronic neutrophilic leukemia. Report of two cases and review of the literature". Am J Clin Pathol. 72 (2): 233–42. PMID 289288.