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Immunohistochemistry for BRAF V600E in the Differential Diagnosis of Hairy Cell Leukemia vs Other Splenic B-Cell Lymphomas.
American journal of clinical pathology - 1 Jul 2015
Turakhia Samir, Lanigan Christopher, Hamadeh Fatima, Swerdlow Steven H, Tubbs Raymond R, Cook James R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Recent reports have used immunohistochemistry (IHC) with a mutation-specific antibody to detect the BRAF V600E mutation, which is found in nearly all cases of hairy cell leukemia (HCL). To date, however, only a small number of non-HCL, splenic B-cell lymphomas have been examined by IHC. METHODS: We analyzed 121 cases, including 26 HCLs, 52 non-HCL splenic lymphomas, 22 chronic lymphocytic...
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