Blood Res.  2014 Sep;49(3):196-198. 10.5045/br.2014.49.3.196.

Mixed-phenotypic acute leukemia: cytochemically myeloid and phenotypically early T-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia

• Gajendra S
• Sachdev R
• Dorwal P
• Goel S
• Jha B
• Sahni T

• KMID: 2172793
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5045/br.2014.49.3.196

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Leukemia*
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma*
Precursor Cells, T-Lymphoid*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 (A) Bone marrow aspirate showing blasts with a single Auer rod (thick arrow; Giemsa, ×100). (B) Few myeloperoxidase (MPO)-positive blasts; inset shows an MPO-positive Auer rod (thin arrow; MPO, ×100). (C) Blasts are cCD3, CD34, CD117, and CD7 positive and cMPO, CD5, and CD33 negative.

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