title: [Acute basophilic leukemia in a 75-year-old man. A clinical and cytological study with a review of the literature].
abstract: The authors present a rare clinical case of cytomorphologically and cytochemically confirmed acute basophil leukosis ( ABL ) in a male, aged 75. A comprehensive review of the present-day literature on the problem is made with detailed discussions of the differential diagnostic criteria upon which the diagnosis is made. The discussion emphasized some aspects of the cytomorphological characteristic, not finally solved, and on the nozological belonging of ABL .
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000097:blood; D001491:Basophils / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D010198:Pancytopenia / Q000097:blood; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods
vernacular_title: Ostra bazofilna levkoza u 75-godishen mŭzh. Klinichno i tsitologichno prouchvane s pregled na literaturata.