Hairy cell leukemia with acquired dyserythropoiesis.
Dyserythropoiesis, a qualitative abnormality of erythrocyte production, is described in a patient with hairy cell leukemia (leukemic reticuloendotheliosis). The development of a second population of circulating RBCs with a mean corpuscular volume of 154 cu mu suggests the emergence of an abnormal clone of marrow erythrocyte precursors.
D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000473:pathology; D004920:Erythropoiesis; D006801:Humans; D007943:Leukemia, Hairy Cell / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged