De novo chronic lymphocytic leukemia/prolymphocytic leukemia or B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia? The importance of integrating clinico-morphological and immunophenotypic findings in distinguishing chronic lymphoproliferative diseases with circulating phase

• Autores principales: Zachariah Chowdhury (Autor), Yookarin Khonglah (Autor), Susmita Sarma (Autor), Pranjal Kalita (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: University of São Paulo, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (B-PLL) is an extremely rare disease, accounting for approximately 1% of the lymphocytic leukemias. B-PLL generally occurs in older people. It is characterized by the presence of more than 55% prolymphocytes in the peripheral blood (PB), no or minimal lymphadenopathy,...