Prolymphocytic transformation of a low-grade lymphocytic neoplasia: chronic lymphocytic leukemia/lymphoma [corrected].
The clinical case of a patient with a low-grade lymphocytic neoplasia is presented. The autopsy findings revealing the transformation of the process into a prolymphocytic dyscrasia are also illustrated. The differential diagnosis is discussed.
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Department of Pathology, Tulane University Medical Center School of Medicine, New Orleans, La., USA.
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Beltran
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D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015463:Leukemia, Prolymphocytic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male