Rapid diagnosis of mixed phenotype acute leukemia after identifying a blood histogram abnormality

A 38-year-old woman was suffering from back, right arm, and ankle joint pain, and visited our emergency department. Upon admission, the white blood cell (WBC) count was high (11,700/µL), and low numbers of red blood cells (2.21 × 106/µL) and platelets (PLTs) (42,000/µL) were observed. A PLT histogra...

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Main Authors: Rie Saito, Hisayuki Yokoyama, Kuniaki Meguro, Yusuke Ohba, Yoshihiko Izumi, Shinichiro Takahashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:Practical Laboratory Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352551718300246