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Originally known as histiocytic leukemia, malignant reticulosis, or lymphoid myelofibrosis in publications dating back to the 1920s, this disease was formally named leukemic reticuloendotheliosis and its characterization significantly advanced by Bertha Bouroncle, M.D., and her colleagues at the [[OSU College of Medicine and Public Health|Ohio State University College of Medicine]] in 1958. Its common name, which was coined in 1966<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/2/199 |title="Hairy" Cells in Blood in Lymphoreticular Neoplastic Disease and "Flagellated" Cells of Normal Lymph Nodes -- SCHREK and DONNELLY 27 (2): 199 -- Blood |accessdate=2007-09-10 |format= |work=}}</ref>, is derived from the appearance of the cells under a microscope. | |||
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Overview
Historical Perspective
Originally known as histiocytic leukemia, malignant reticulosis, or lymphoid myelofibrosis in publications dating back to the 1920s, this disease was formally named leukemic reticuloendotheliosis and its characterization significantly advanced by Bertha Bouroncle, M.D., and her colleagues at the Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1958. Its common name, which was coined in 1966[1], is derived from the appearance of the cells under a microscope.