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===General===
===General===
*Name comes from appearance on blood smear - cell hairy.
*Name comes from appearance on blood smear - cell hairy.
*Often associated with splenic enlargement.
 
Clinical:<ref>URL: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cmed&part=A34022 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cmed&part=A34022]. Accessed on: 20 August 2010.</ref>
*Pancytopenia.
*Splenic enlargement.
*No lymphadenopathy.
*Good prognosis (with treatment), though (likely) not curable.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/200580-diagnosis http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/200580-diagnosis]. Accessed on: 18 August 2010.</ref>
Features:<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/200580-diagnosis http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/200580-diagnosis]. Accessed on: 18 August 2010.</ref>
*Small cells with:
*Small cells (10-20 micrometers) with "Fried egg"-like appearance:
**Clear cytoplasm and,  
**Well-demarcated fuzzy cell borders,
**Clear/whispy cytoplasm and,  
**Central round nucleus.  
**Central round nucleus.  
***"Fried egg"-like appearance -- '''key feature'''.
***Peri-nuclear clearing ("water-clear rim"<ref>URL: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cmed&part=A34022 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cmed&part=A34022]. Accessed on: 20 August 2010.</ref>) -- '''key feature'''.


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*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cmed&part=A34022&rendertype=figure&id=A34027 HCL - bone marrow (nlm.nih.gov)] from [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cmed&part=A34022 Holland-Frei Cancer Medicine (nlm.nih.gov)].
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cmed&part=A34022&rendertype=figure&id=A34027 HCL - bone marrow (nlm.nih.gov)] from [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cmed&part=A34022 Holland-Frei Cancer Medicine (nlm.nih.gov)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hairy_cell_leukemia_-_very_high_mag.jpg HCL - very high mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hairy_cell_leukemia_-_very_high_mag.jpg HCL - very high mag. (WC)].
===IHC===
Features:<ref>URL: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cmed&part=A34022&rendertype=table&id=A34029 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cmed&part=A34022&rendertype=table&id=A34029]. Accessed on: 20 August 2010.</ref>
*CD20 +ve, CD25 +ve, CD103 +ve.
*CD5 -ve.
Flow cytometry:
*CD19 +ve, CD11c +ve, FMC7 +ve.


==B cell small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia==
==B cell small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia==
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