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Anaplastic large cell lymphoma laboratory findings
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Laboratory tests for anaplastic large cell lymphoma include complete blood count (CBC), blood chemistry studies, flow cytometry, FISH, immunohistochemistry, and immunophenotyping.
Laboratory Tests
Laboratory Tests
Laboratory tests for anaplastic large cell lymphoma include:[1][2]
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Blood chemistry studies
- Increased LDH
- Flow cytometry
- Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)
- Negative for the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)
- Negative for human herpes virus-8 (HHV8)
- Immunophenotyping
References
References
- ↑ “ALK- anaplastic large-cell lymphoma is clinically and immunophenotypically different from both ALK+ ALCL and peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified: report from the International Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma Project”.
- ↑ Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase-Positive Large B-Cell Lymphoma: An Underrecognized Aggressive Lymphoma. Hindawi Publishing Corporation. http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ah/2012/529572/#B1 Accessed on October 13, 2015
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