~90% of patients with BPDCN present with skin lesions1-3
Dermatologists may be the first to recognize the signs of Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm (BPDCN) and biopsy suspicious lesions4-6
The CD123 marker is highly expressed (~95%) on BPDCN cells1,5,7
Pathologists can test for BPDCN by including CD123, in combination with CD4 and CD56, in every hematologic diagnostic panel4,8*
Left untreated, BPDCN may rapidly progress to an acute leukemic disease7,9
Hematologist-Oncologists can accurately diagnose BPDCN, differentiating it from more common cancers with similar presentations1,4,9,10
Early diagnosis of this deadly cancer is critical and may take a multidisciplinary team4
*BPDCN can include other markers, such as TCL1, TCF4, and CD303 (BDCA2).4,11
BPDCN = blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm.
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