title: [A man with upper abdominal pain and a pancytopenia].
abstract: A 41-year-old man visited his general practitioner because of upper abdominal pain. Physical examination revealed splenomegaly. Laboratory testing showed pancytopenia with a striking monocytopenia with hairy cells. Immunological and molecular analysis confirmed the diagnosis hairy cell leukemia.
authors: Haven Ziekenhuis, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Rotterdam.
authors: Lotte
authors: L
authors: Saes
authors: Kirsten
authors: K
authors: van Lom
authors: Lennert
authors: L
authors: Slobbe
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007943:Leukemia, Hairy Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D010198:Pancytopenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology