Hairy Cell Leukemia: the good news of a bad disease

Hairy Cell Leukemia (HCL) is an uncommon chronic B cell Lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by the accumulation of a small mature B cell lymphoid cells with abundant cytoplasm and “hairy” projections within the peripheral blood smear, bone marrow and splenic red pulp. Most patients with HCL p...

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Main Authors: Mónica Seidi, Guadalupe Benites, Almerindo Rego
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Galega de Medicina Interna 2017-03-01
Series:Galicia Clínica
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Online Access:http://www.galiciaclinica.info/publicacion.asp?f=1002
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spelling doaj-ef38262cad144cfba8a946740ee399bc2020-11-24T22:16:30ZengSociedade Galega de Medicina InternaGalicia Clínica0304-48661989-39222017-03-01781262710.22546/43/10021002Hairy Cell Leukemia: the good news of a bad diseaseMónica Seidi0Guadalupe Benites1Almerindo Rego2Hospital de Santo Espírito da Ilha TerceiraHospital de Santo Espírito da Ilha TerceiraHospital de Santo Espírito da Ilha TerceiraHairy Cell Leukemia (HCL) is an uncommon chronic B cell Lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by the accumulation of a small mature B cell lymphoid cells with abundant cytoplasm and “hairy” projections within the peripheral blood smear, bone marrow and splenic red pulp. Most patients with HCL present with symptons related to splenomegaly or cytopenias, including some constitucional symptons, however one quarter of them is asymptomatic and is referred due to incidental findings. The authors decided to report a clinical case of hairy cells leukemia in an asymptomatic patient due to the rarity of this neoplasia (2% of all leukemias and less than 1% of limphoids neoplasms) and because it corresponds to the most successfully treatable leukemia.http://www.galiciaclinica.info/publicacion.asp?f=1002CitopeniasEsplenomegáliaDoença LinfoproliferativaLeucemia de Células cabeludas
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author Mónica Seidi
Guadalupe Benites
Almerindo Rego
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Guadalupe Benites
Almerindo Rego
Hairy Cell Leukemia: the good news of a bad disease
Galicia Clínica
Citopenias
Esplenomegália
Doença Linfoproliferativa
Leucemia de Células cabeludas
author_facet Mónica Seidi
Guadalupe Benites
Almerindo Rego
author_sort Mónica Seidi
title Hairy Cell Leukemia: the good news of a bad disease
title_short Hairy Cell Leukemia: the good news of a bad disease
title_full Hairy Cell Leukemia: the good news of a bad disease
title_fullStr Hairy Cell Leukemia: the good news of a bad disease
title_full_unstemmed Hairy Cell Leukemia: the good news of a bad disease
title_sort hairy cell leukemia: the good news of a bad disease
publisher Sociedade Galega de Medicina Interna
series Galicia Clínica
issn 0304-4866
1989-3922
publishDate 2017-03-01
description Hairy Cell Leukemia (HCL) is an uncommon chronic B cell Lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by the accumulation of a small mature B cell lymphoid cells with abundant cytoplasm and “hairy” projections within the peripheral blood smear, bone marrow and splenic red pulp. Most patients with HCL present with symptons related to splenomegaly or cytopenias, including some constitucional symptons, however one quarter of them is asymptomatic and is referred due to incidental findings. The authors decided to report a clinical case of hairy cells leukemia in an asymptomatic patient due to the rarity of this neoplasia (2% of all leukemias and less than 1% of limphoids neoplasms) and because it corresponds to the most successfully treatable leukemia.
topic Citopenias
Esplenomegália
Doença Linfoproliferativa
Leucemia de Células cabeludas
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