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1
Q

What are the big 3 of CLL?

A

Adults, long course, indolent but incurable.

2
Q

Name the unique cell marker found on B cell of CLL patients

A

CD5+

3
Q

What are 2 later effects of CLL (fully progressed into disease)?

A

organ inflitration

infection

4
Q

Prognosis for CLL includes a life span of about this many years and death is often from this complication?

A

9 years

infection

5
Q

Name some typical B cell markers

A

CD19

CD20

6
Q

A patient with CLL will often have these abnormal lab results.

A

high WBC
lack B lymphocytes
hypogammaglobunemia

7
Q

A unique finding in term of the spleen and lymph nodes in Hairy Cell Leukemia

A

Splenamegaoly but no lymphadenopathy

8
Q

Describe a typical Hairy Cell patient

A

Male, older than 40, monocytopneia

9
Q

Standard treament and prognosis for Hairy Cell Leukemia?

A

Chemotheapy, often live 10 years +

10
Q

What makes prolympocytic leukemia particularly dangerous?

A

It is very aggressive

11
Q

This type of leukemia is of the T cell lineage?

A

Large Granulated Lymphocytic Leukemia

12
Q

Neutropenia is a common symtpom of this type of CLL

A

Large Granulated Lymphocytic Leukemia