B-Prolymphocytic leukemia: a case study.
The case study reported is of a patient initially misdiagnosed as chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Immunophenotyping studies ultimately identified the nature of the disease as B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia with concomitant warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia. The leukemia and hemolytic anemia were refractory to all conventional treatments administered. The patient survived a significantly shorter period of time than the median time of three years reported in the literature. The patient expired from complications resulting from B-cell PLL, warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and combination chemotherapy.
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St Francis Medical Center, Monroe LA 71210, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D015448:Leukemia, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D015463:Leukemia, Prolymphocytic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male