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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-4-6
pubmed:abstractText
To evaluate the prevalence and significance of hand-mirror cells (HMC) in acute leukemia, 214 cases were studied retrospectively. They were classified by FAB and included 102 pediatric and 112 adult cases. Greater than 10% HMC were found in 6.5%. No overall difference was noted with age group, though HMC were more common in lymphoblastic cases (10% versus 3%). However, the greatest number of HMC were found in four adult cases, three of which were myeloblastic. Of the lymphoblastic cases with greater than 10% HMC, T and B studies were done in three that were typed as one T cell and two non-T cell (L1, CALL+; L3, sIg+). Forty-eight other cases with less than 10% HMC included 13 T cell and 35 non-T cell. The authors conclude that HMC may not correlate with morphologic or immune cell type and they do not appear to be a specific marker for a type of lymphoblastic and/or T-cell leukemia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0002-9173
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
355-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
The prevalence of hand-mirror cells in acute myeloblastic and lymphoblastic leukemia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article