Fine needle aspiration cytology of extramedullary chronic myelogenous leukemia.

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Fine needle aspiration cytology of extramedullary chronic myelogenous leukemia.

Acta cytologica - 1 Jan 2000

Mourad W A, Sneige N, Huh Y O, Katz R L, Caraway N P, Corck A, Wojcik E

Abstract excerpt

Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) shows extramedullary involvement in 10% of cases. We report the cytologic findings of fine needle aspiration (FNA) of recurrent CML in extramedullary sites in 11 patients with CML. The patients' ages ranged from 24 to 62 years (median, 38 years). There were seve...

Topics

Adult
Biopsy, Needle
Female
Humans
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
Lymph Nodes
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype
Recurrence

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