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Preferred term

Leukemia, Hairy Cell  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Hairy Cell Leukemia
  • Hairy Cell Leukemias
  • Leukemias, Hairy Cell
  • Leukemic Reticuloendothelioses
  • Leukemic Reticuloendotheliosis
  • Reticuloendothelioses, Leukemic
  • Reticuloendotheliosis, Leukemic

Note

  • since the disease is chronic, do not coordinate with CHRONIC DISEASE; note entry term RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS, LEUKEMIC;: RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS, AVIAN is also available

Scope note

  • A neoplastic disease of the lymphoreticular cells which is considered to be a rare type of chronic leukemia; it is characterized by an insidious onset, splenomegaly, anemia, granulocytopenia, thrombocytopenia, little or no lymphadenopathy, and the presence of "hairy" or "flagellated" cells in the blood and bone marrow.

History note

  • 78

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • hårcellsleukemi
  • leukeeminen retikuloendotelioosi
  • leukemisk retikuloendotelios
  • reticuloendotheliosis leucaemica
  • reticuloendotheliosis leuchaemica
  • Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007943

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