Name
LEUKEMIA,CHRONIC
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
LYMPHOID DISORDERS THAT CAN PRESENT AS CHR. LEUKEMIA : - FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA - SPLENIC MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA - NODAL MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA - MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA - HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA - PROLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA ( B CELL OR T CELL ) - LYMPHOPLASMACYTIC LYMPHOMA - SEZARY SYNDROME - SMOLDERING ADULT T CELL LEUKEMIA / LYMPHOMAOTHER TESTS : * WBC COUNT- ELEVATED WITH VARING DEGRE OF IMMATURITY OF GRANULAR SERIES. USUALLY < 5% CIRCULATING BLAST CELLS & < 10% BLASTS & PROMYELOCYTES ARE NOTED. INITIALLY ELEVATED PLATELETS & NORMOCYTIC NORMOCHROMIC ANEMIA. * SERUM VIT B12 - GENERALLY ELEVATED * BONE MARROW - CELLULARITY PRIMARILY OF MYELOID & MEGAKARYOCYTE LEANAGE, WITH A GREAT ALTERED MYELOID TO ERYTHROID RATIO. MARROW OR BLOOD BASOPHELIA, EOSINOPHELIA & MONOCYTOSIS. SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF COLLAGEN FIBROSIS IN LATER STAGES IN 50% PATIENTS.
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
BONE MARROW ASPIRATION, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, SERUM B12