CD5-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
CD5-positive B-ALL is a rare variant of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). In literature, only three cases have been reported so far. This fourth case report describes a young lady who was diagnosed as ALL (L-2) on bone marrow examination and was found to be CD5 positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia on immunophenotyping. Cytogenetic analysis revealed translocation t(9:22).
Department of Immunology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Dawood
D
Ahmed
Tahir Aziz
TA
Ahmed
Suhaib
S
Ahmed
Hamid Nawaz
HN
Tipu
Muhammad Amin
MA
Wiqar
D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D018956:CD5 Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D015452:Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology
D018956:CD5 Antigens