Open AccessClinico-pathological profile of Hairy cell leukemia: Critical insights gained at a tertiary care cancer hospital
Author(s) -
Komal Galani,
PG Subramanian,
Vijaya S Gadage,
Khaliqur Rahman,
Manjusha Kumar,
S Shinde,
Shashikant Mahadik,
Rashida Ansari,
Manju Sengar,
Hari Me,
Reeir,
Sumeet Gujral
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.94858
Subject(s) - pancytopenia , medicine , hairy cell leukemia , leukocytosis , context (archaeology) , abdominal pain , gastroenterology , cd5 , organomegaly , leukemia , bone marrow , pathology , lymphoma , disease , paleontology , biology
Hairy cell leukemia (HCL) is a rare, low grade, B-cell neoplasm with a characteristic morphologic and immunophenotypic profile. It has to be distinguished from chronic lymphoproliferative disorders because of different treatment protocol and clinical course.