Familial hairy cell leukemia.
Familial hairy cell leukemia (HCL) occurs rarely, and HCL occurring in association with other hematologic malignancies is even rarer. We describe two cases of familial HCL syndromes: a mother and son with HCL, and a HCL patient whose aunt developed Hodgkin's Disease (HD). This is the first reported familial association of HCL with HD.
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Department of Oncology, Albert Einstein Cancer Center and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
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Frank
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Wiernik
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007943:Leukemia, Hairy Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree; D013577:Syndrome