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Case 98 – summary
Following several obinutuzumab reactions, which resulted in overnight hospital admissions, our patient decided he did not wish to continue with obinutuzumab. He continues on chlorambucil monotherapy and has tolerated it reasonably well and his disease appears to be responding. Thankyou … Continue reading
Posted in Chronic leukaemia
Tagged Bone marrow transplant, chemotherapy, Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, Cytogenetics, elderly, Lymphocytosis
Case 98 – part 2 – update 1
We have confirmed progression in our patient’s CLL. There is no evidence of haemolysis. He has a pmh of HTN, diabetes, mild copd and osteoarthritis which limits his mobility. He has an ecog of 2 (was 1 prior to the … Continue reading
Posted in Chronic leukaemia
Tagged chemotherapy, Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, Cytogenetics, elderly, Lymphocytosis
Case 98 – part 2 – the beginning
Thankyou for your help with part 1. Here is the second part of this weeks case. You are in the haematology clinic and are seeing an 82 year old gentleman who was diagnosed with CLL 10 years ago. He has … Continue reading
Posted in Chronic leukaemia
Tagged chemotherapy, Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, Cytogenetics, elderly, Lymphocytosis
Case 55 – Summary
This week we met Mr Jones, a 77 year old man who had an abnormal result when he attended his GP for annual well man bloods. His FBC revealed a moderate thrombocytopenia, a slight lymphocytosis and a normochromic anaemia. When … Continue reading
Posted in Chronic leukaemia, Lymphoma
Tagged chemotherapy, elderly, Flow cytometry, Lymphocytosis
Case 55 – Update
The film for this patient showed moderate sized lymphocytes with frequently clefted nuclei and nucleoli. There were no smear cells. The laboratory staff decided to send the specimen for flow cytometry and obtained the following results: CD5+ CD10- CD19+ CD20+ … Continue reading
Posted in Chronic leukaemia, Lymphoma
Tagged chemotherapy, elderly, Flow cytometry, Lymphocytosis
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Case 55 – the beginning
Good evening. This week we’re going to work together to manage an elderly patient with a leukocytosis. Mr Jones is 77 and attends his GP practice for his annual ‘birthday bloods.’ The following results were obtained: Hb 110 g/dl WCC … Continue reading
Posted in Chronic leukaemia, Lymphoma
Tagged chemotherapy, elderly, Flow cytometry, Lymphocytosis
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