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IHC:
IHC:
*CD2+ -- common.
*CD2+ -- common.
====t(15;17)====
*t(15;17)(q22;q12).
Comes in two flavours.
Microscopic (Hypergranular ''or'' typical APL):
**Bean-shaped nucleus ''or'' bilobed nucleus.
**Buddles of Auer rods - known as "Faggot cells".
Microscopic (Microgranular ''or'' hypogranular APL):
*Bilobed nuclei with nuclear overlap. (???)
*Absence of granules on light microscopy.
IHC:
*CD2+, CD34+/-, CD56+/-.
[[Flow cytometery]]:
*CD34-, HLA-DR-.
*CD33+, CD13+/-, CD117+ (weak), CD56+/-.
Clinical:
*Assoc. with [[DIC]].
*Treatment: ATRA.
Variants:
*t(11;17) -- ATRA doesn't work.
*t(17;17) -- ATRA doesn't work.
*t(5;17). (???)
====t(9;11)====
*t(9;11).
Microscopic:
*Monoblastic morphology. (???)
*Myelomonocytic morphology. (???)
Clinical:
*+/-[[DIC]].
*Usu. children.
IHC:
*CD33+, CD65+, CD4+, HLA-DR+.
*CD34+. (???)
*CD13+. (???)


==See also==
==See also==
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