title: Hairy cell leukemia and other "hairy-cell" lymphoproliferative disorders (LPD-HC): the significance of morphologic, histologic and immunologic studies.
abstract: In this report the clinical, morphologic, histologic and immunologic findings of 41 patients with hairy lymphoid cells in peripheral blood and/or bone marrow are analyzed. In 27 patients the diagnosis of hairy cell leukemia was established. 14 patients had other variants of lymphoproliferative disorders: malignant lymphoma with hairy cells--7, chronic lymphocytic leukemia with hairy cells--5, and T cell lymphoproliferative disorder with hairy cells--2 patients, respectively. Several variants of malignant lymphoma with hairy cells were defined: lymphocytic, centrocytic and lymphoplasmacytic. The importance of combined use of bone marrow biopsy and immunophenotyping for the correct diagnosis of hairy cell leukemia and other "hairy-cell" lymphoproliferative disorders is stressed. The obtained data suggest relationship between characteristic clinical manifestation (isolated splenomegaly), presence of hairy cells and CD11c-antigen expression.
authors.affiliation: Riga Medical Institute, USSR.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Yavorkovsky
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Gipsh
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Karminskaya
authors.lastname: Udris OYu
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Nikulshin
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Yavorkovsky
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000032:analysis; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016167:Integrin alphaXbeta2 / Q000032:analysis; D007943:Leukemia, Hairy Cell / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D008232:Lymphoproliferative Disorders / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D016167:Integrin alphaXbeta2; D000135:Acid Phosphatase