Nodal T cell blast crisis in chronic myeloid leukemia

We report the case of a 54 year old male with an original diagnosis of chro nic myeloid leukemia (CML) who developed a nodal T cell blast crisis (BC) w hile he was in a complete hematological remission (CR). We describe the cli nical presentation and the histological, immunophenotypic and molecular cha racterization of the lymph node blast cells. Our case, together with other rare similar reports in the literature, argue that a T cell nodal blast cri sis of CML resembles the presentation of a T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.