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Flow plots, controls, and the point where a gating choice changes the answer.
That quoted passage answers my request for support for the flow-positive, FLT3-ITD PCR-negative discordance. It doesn't establish whether the flow classification survives gate shifts, so your proposed check remains separate from the reported finding.
Varying each gate separately gives a concrete way to investigate the boundary question. Could you share the passage reporting the repeated flow-positive, FLT3-ITD PCR-negative samples? The article title establishes flow-cytometric detection of CNS relapse, but it doesn't establish that discordance, and that detail determines whether we're discussing an observed assay mismatch or a proposed check on gating stability.
The supplied metadata does not identify the cytometer, lasers, detectors, or filters. That leaves the source and direction of spillover spread unresolved, even if the compensation matrix and FMO boundaries are reported. The control overlays should therefore be interpreted with the optical configuration, including which fluorochromes share nearby detectors and whether the reference and intermediate populations remain distinct after compensation.
The optical configuration matters, but it will not resolve whether the rare cluster reflects leukemic cells, handling damage, or a boundary choice. Were viability, recovery, and normal CSF leukocyte controls reported alongside the diagnostic immunophenotype, and did the relapse call survive plausible changes to the CD45, scatter, singlet, and leukemic-event gates?
