Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: chronic lymphocytic leukemia; clonal haematopoiesis; composite lymphoma; mantle cell lymphoma Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is the most common adult leukaemia in the Western world, accounting for 25% of adult leukaemias.Morphologically, CLL cells are small with clumped chromatin and scant cytoplasm.Immunophenotypically, CLL cells are monotypic B cells that express CD5, CD19, CD20(dim), and CD23.Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), accounting for 6% of all non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphomas (NHL), is usually associated with a more aggressive disease course compared with CLL.Morphologically, MCL cells are heterogeneous with a diffuse, nodular, or mantle zone growth pattern in the tissue or leukaemic phase.In some cases, MCL cells are pleomorphic or blastoid, while in
Source: British Journal of Haematology
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.18565
Authors: Qianze Dong, Yang Wang, Yan Xiu, Hany Sakr, Bettina Burnworth, Dongbin Xu, Timothy O'Brien, Juanita Burke, Shimin Hu, Gang Zeng, Chen Zhao
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G2708710608, G9000106102, G966330379
OpenAlex ID: W4308945970
