This
post appeared on one of the Facebook groups I follow “A male, 48 yo, with mass in regio colli, Hb 6.5 g/dL, WBC 148,000/uL,
Plt 56,000/uL. The blood film is below... What is the diagnosis?”
Various
replies were given; some felt AML, some felt mantle cell lymphonas, some thought
it was some obscure form of anaemia and some didn’t have the faintest idea.
The
correct reply was prolymphocytic leukaemia. Personally I would have given the
diagnosis of “awful staining, do it again”.
I
wonder if the poor staining was to blame for the range of diagnoses offered. I
hope so…
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