[Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: two case reports]

Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (LPDC) is a rare and aggressive leukemia entity with cutaneous and extracutaneous involvement, reaching most often lymph, blood and bone marrow. Two cases of LPDC diagnosed in Hospital Center of Le Mans are reported, a 78 year old woman (case 1) and a 82 year old man (case 2), and have been clinically, biologically and histologically documented. The clinical presentation, diagnostic difficulties are reminded, as well as the pathogenesis and therapeutic aspect.