Table 1.

Selection of key nomenclature and classification changes over time for BPDCN

YearClassificationNomenclatureDisease categoryReference
2001 WHO Blastic NK-cell lymphoma Lymphoma Jaffe et al,57 IARC Press 2001 
2005 WHO-EORTC Agranular CD4+CD56+ hematodermic neoplasm Cutaneous lymphomas Willemze et al,58Blood 2005 
2008 WHO BPDCN AML and related neoplasms Vardiman,2Blood 2009 
2016 WHO BPDCN Myeloid neoplasms Arber et al,3Blood 2016 
2022 WHO 5th edition BPDCN Dendritic cell and histiocytic neoplasms (subcategory: plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasms) Khoury et al,12Leukemia 2022 
2022 International Consensus Classification (ICC) of Myeloid Neoplasms and Acute Leukemias BPDCN Myeloid neoplasms and acute leukemias Arber et al,59Blood 2022 
YearClassificationNomenclatureDisease categoryReference
2001 WHO Blastic NK-cell lymphoma Lymphoma Jaffe et al,57 IARC Press 2001 
2005 WHO-EORTC Agranular CD4+CD56+ hematodermic neoplasm Cutaneous lymphomas Willemze et al,58Blood 2005 
2008 WHO BPDCN AML and related neoplasms Vardiman,2Blood 2009 
2016 WHO BPDCN Myeloid neoplasms Arber et al,3Blood 2016 
2022 WHO 5th edition BPDCN Dendritic cell and histiocytic neoplasms (subcategory: plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasms) Khoury et al,12Leukemia 2022 
2022 International Consensus Classification (ICC) of Myeloid Neoplasms and Acute Leukemias BPDCN Myeloid neoplasms and acute leukemias Arber et al,59Blood 2022 

BPDCN, blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm; EORTC, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer.

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