Clinical Case Database / Category: Patient Management
Pancytopenia: a case of hairy cell leukaemia
Publication details
Dr Isabella S L Lo, Dr Alison E Milne
Foundation Years Journal, volume 9, issue 3, p.64 (123Doc Education, London, March 2015)
Abstract
Pancytopenia is a common presentation to our day-to-day clinical practice. The causes of pancytopenia are diverse and severe pancytopenia can be life threatening therefore warrant urgent assessment and treatment. In this article, we described a case of pancytopenia caused by a rare form of leukaemia, hairy cell leukaemia, and illustrated a step-to-step approach leading to the diagnosis.
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Authors
Dr Isabella S L Lo
Haematology Department
North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 9NA
isabella.lo@hhft.nhs.uk
Dr Alison E Milne (Corresponding author)
Haematology Department
North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 9NA
alison.milne@hhft.nhs.uk
References
1. Jones G, Parry-Jones N, Wilkins B, Else M, Catovsky D. Revised guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hairy cell leukaemia and hairy cell leukaemia variant*. British Journal of Haematology. 2012;156(2):186-95.
2. Tiacci E, Trifonov V, Schiavoni G, Holmes A, Kern W, Martelli MP, et al. BRAF Mutations in Hairy-Cell Leukemia. New England Journal of Medicine. 2011;364(24):2305-15.
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