TY - JOUR
T1 - Prolymphocytic leukaemia - Report of three cases
AU - Nayak, Kapadi Surendra
AU - Shankarnarayanan,
AU - Naik, Ramadas
AU - Khadilkar, Urmila Niranjan
PY - 2004/7/1
Y1 - 2004/7/1
N2 - Prolymphocytic leukaemia is a rare subtype of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Three such cases are reported here along with clinical details. All these cases were seen in males above 5th decade of life. These patients showed moderate to massive splenomegaly, inconspicuous lymphadenopathy in two cases and one with minimal lymphadenopathy. Peripheral smear showed high leucocyte count with more than 55% of prolymphocytes. Bone marrow aspiration showed diffuse involvement; and in one with minimal lymphadenopathy, lymph node aspiration showed prolymphocytes. All the three patients died within a year after diagnosis.
AB - Prolymphocytic leukaemia is a rare subtype of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Three such cases are reported here along with clinical details. All these cases were seen in males above 5th decade of life. These patients showed moderate to massive splenomegaly, inconspicuous lymphadenopathy in two cases and one with minimal lymphadenopathy. Peripheral smear showed high leucocyte count with more than 55% of prolymphocytes. Bone marrow aspiration showed diffuse involvement; and in one with minimal lymphadenopathy, lymph node aspiration showed prolymphocytes. All the three patients died within a year after diagnosis.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 15717584
AN - SCOPUS:12344323519
SN - 1474-3655
VL - 102
SP - 379
EP - 380
JO - Journal of the Indian Medical Association
JF - Journal of the Indian Medical Association
IS - 7
ER -