Mixed-Phenotype Acute Leukemia: Diagnostic Criteria and Pitfalls

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Mixed-phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL) is a heterogeneous category in the World Health Organization classification that comprises acute leukemias with discrete admixed populations of myeloid and lymphoid blasts ("bilineal") or with extensive coexpression of lymphoid and myeloid markers in a single blast population ("biphenotypic"). Flow cytometric findings suggestive of MPAL are often met with consternation by...

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