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Lymphoreticular fragments, the cellular debris of acute lymphosarcoma cell leukemia
Author(s) -
Conjalka Michael,
Rajdev Nirajan,
Tavassoli Mehdi
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197912)44:6<2124::aid-cncr2820440624>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - leukemia , medicine , cell , acute leukemia , fragment (logic) , cancer research , immunology , biology , genetics , computer science , programming language
Lymphosarcoma cell leukemia cells have a propensity to fragment. In the following case, these fragments were initially interpreted by an electronic cell counter as platelets, thereby obscuring a true thrombocytopenic situation. These fragments may also resemble polychromatophilic red cells thus giving rise to the erroneous impression that a hemolytic process is accompanying this B cell leukemia.