Hairy cell leukemia diagnotic study of choice: Difference between revisions

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vamsikrishna Gunnam M.B.B.S [2]

peripheral blood are the gold standard test for the diagnosis of hairy cell leukemia.

Peripheral blood smears is one of the gold standard test for the diagnosis of hairy cell leukemia.

The following result of peripheral blood smears is confirmatory of hairy cell leukemia:

Oval nuclei and abundant cytoplasm with "hairy" projections
Fried egg appearance
Loose chromatin
Mast cells numbers elevation
Extravasated red cells are positive in peripheral blood smear of hairy cell leukemia patients

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 {{CMG}}; {{AE}} {{VKG}}
 == Overview ==
-[[Bone marrow]] (BM) aspirate, [[peripheral blood]] and [[trephine]] biopsies are the gold standard test for the diagnosis of [[hairy cell leukemia]].
+[[peripheral blood]] are the gold standard test for the diagnosis of [[hairy cell leukemia]].
 == Diagnostic Study of Choice ==
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 Peripheral blood smears is one of the gold standard test for the diagnosis of [[hairy cell leukemia]].
-The following result of peripheral blood smears is confirmatory of [[hairy cell leukemia]]:<ref name="Cazzola2016">{{cite journal|last1=Cazzola|first1=M.|title=Introduction to a review series: the 2016 revision of the WHO classification of tumors of hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues|journal=Blood|volume=127|issue=20|year=2016|pages=2361–2364|issn=0006-4971|doi=10.1182/blood-2016-03-657379}}</ref>
+The following result of peripheral blood smears is confirmatory of [[hairy cell leukemia]]:
 * Oval nuclei and abundant cytoplasm with "hairy" projections
 * Fried egg appearance
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 * Mast cells numbers elevation
 * Extravasated red cells are positive in peripheral blood smear of [[hairy cell leukemia]] patients
-'''Bone marrow'''
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+== References ==
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