Hairy cell leukemia diagnotic study of choice
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vamsikrishna Gunnam M.B.B.S [2]
Overview
Peripheral blood smears are the gold standard test for the diagnosis of hairy cell leukemia.
Diagnostic Study of Choice
Study of choice
Peripheral blood smear:
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:[1]
- 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
References
- ↑ Grever, Michael R.; Abdel-Wahab, Omar; Andritsos, Leslie A.; Banerji, Versha; Barrientos, Jacqueline; Blachly, James S.; Call, Timothy G.; Catovsky, Daniel; Dearden, Claire; Demeter, Judit; Else, Monica; Forconi, Francesco; Gozzetti, Alessandro; Ho, Anthony D.; Johnston, James B.; Jones, Jeffrey; Juliusson, Gunnar; Kraut, Eric; Kreitman, Robert J.; Larratt, Loree; Lauria, Francesco; Lozanski, Gerard; Montserrat, Emili; Parikh, Sameer A.; Park, Jae H.; Polliack, Aaron; Quest, Graeme R.; Rai, Kanti R.; Ravandi, Farhad; Robak, Tadeusz; Saven, Alan; Seymour, John F.; Tadmor, Tamar; Tallman, Martin S.; Tam, Constantine; Tiacci, Enrico; Troussard, Xavier; Zent, Clive S.; Zenz, Thorsten; Zinzani, Pier Luigi; Falini, Brunangelo (2017). "Consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients with classic hairy cell leukemia". Blood. 129 (5): 553–560. doi:10.1182/blood-2016-01-689422. ISSN 0006-4971.