Sandbox:classification 1
Hairy cell leukemia classification | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hairy cell leukemia | Hairy cell leukemia variant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occurs in approximately 5% of the cases The male to female ratio is approximately 2 to 1 The median age at diagnosis is greater than 70 years. Less than 10% lymphocytosis on peripheral blood smear Normal level of monocyte on peripheral blood smear Normal hemoglobin level in most of the patients Normal platelets count in most of the patients CD103 +, CD11c +, CD25 - on immunophenotype DBA.44 + Cyclin D1 + Annexin A1 - on immunohistochemistry Presence of BRAF wild type on cytogenetic tests | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The median age at diagnosis is 55 years.