CLL Flashcards
What are the big 3 of CLL?
Adults, long course, indolent but incurable.
Name the unique cell marker found on B cell of CLL patients
CD5+
What are 2 later effects of CLL (fully progressed into disease)?
organ inflitration
infection
Prognosis for CLL includes a life span of about this many years and death is often from this complication?
9 years
infection
Name some typical B cell markers
CD19
CD20
A patient with CLL will often have these abnormal lab results.
high WBC
lack B lymphocytes
hypogammaglobunemia
A unique finding in term of the spleen and lymph nodes in Hairy Cell Leukemia
Splenamegaoly but no lymphadenopathy
Describe a typical Hairy Cell patient
Male, older than 40, monocytopneia
Standard treament and prognosis for Hairy Cell Leukemia?
Chemotheapy, often live 10 years +
What makes prolympocytic leukemia particularly dangerous?
It is very aggressive
This type of leukemia is of the T cell lineage?
Large Granulated Lymphocytic Leukemia
Neutropenia is a common symtpom of this type of CLL
Large Granulated Lymphocytic Leukemia