Pure Biclonal Hairy Cell Leukemia-Apt Diagnosis with Multicolor Flow Cytometry
Shanza Adnan1, Saba Farrukh1, Arsalan Ahmed1
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
International Journal of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Research
|December 20, 2024
Abstract:
Hairy cell leukemia (HCL) is a rare B-cell neoplasm that constitutes around 2 percent of all lymphoid leukemias and occurs more frequently in elderly males. The usual triad of HCL includes pancytopenia, splenomegaly, and hairy cells in the bone marrow. This is a case of an atypical presentation of biclonal HCL diagnosed on flow cytometry; the existence of biclonal HCL is extremely rare with very few case reports. Pure biclonal HCL should be regarded as an extraordinary finding among the so-called composite lymphomas.


