Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37538441›Full record

ArticleDiscoveries (Craiova, Romania)

Untangling the Strands of Hairy Cell Leukemia: The Clinicopathological Spectrum over Eleven Years at a Tertiary Care Center.

Varnika Rai, Poornima Manimaran, Anurag Saha, Vikas Kailashiya, Jyoti Sawhney, Sandeep Ramawat, Sneha Kakoty

Open access · diamondAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Discoveries (Craiova, Romania). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Varnika RaiOnco-Pathology Department, Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Ahmedabad, India.
Poornima ManimaranOnco-Pathology Department, Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Ahmedabad, India.
Anurag SahaOnco-Pathology Department, Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Ahmedabad, India.
Vikas KailashiyaDepartment of Pathology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, India.
Jyoti SawhneyOnco-Pathology Department, Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Ahmedabad, India.
Sandeep RamawatMedical Oncology Department, Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, Ahmedabad, India.
Sneha KakotyOnco-Pathology Department, Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Ahmedabad, India.
Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute · INBanaras Hindu University · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHairy Cell Leukemia (HCL) is an uncommon, indolent lymphoproliferative disorder of mature B lymphoid cells, accounting for 2% of all lymphoid tumors. The present study evaluated the clinical-hematological profile of HCL patients diagnosed at a single tertiary care center over a 11-year period.

methodsThe retrospective observational study was done between October 2010 and September 2021. The relevant clinical and laboratory information were retrieved from hospital medical records and electronic databases. The statistical analysis was performed using version 23.0 of SPSS.

results66 (5.9%) of 1125 cases of chronic lymphoproliferative disorder were HCL. Splenomegaly was found in 47 (71.2%), hepatomegaly in 26 (39.5%), and lymphadenopathy in 17 (25.7%) of the cases. The mean hemoglobin, total leukocytes count, and platelets count were 8.04 g/dl, 6.76 X 109/L, and 77 X 109/L, respectively. Pancytopenia was detected in 40 cases (60.61 %). Bone marrow biopsies were majorly hypercellular and showed predominantly diffuse infiltration by atypical lymphoid cells. In two patients, initially thought of having refractory/hypoplastic anemia, the bone marrow biopsy and flow cytometry revealed HCL involvement.  42 cases of HCL underwent flow cytometry. CD20, CD 11c, CD 25 and CD 103 were positive in all the cases. The aberrant expression of CD5, CD10, and CD23 was found in frequencies of 5.71 %, 31.42 %, and 19.35%, respectively. In 40 cases for which follow-up information was available, there was full remission in 26 patients (65%), and later three showed relapse (7.5%) of which one died, and persistent leukemic activity in five (10%).  Eight patients (20%) died even before the initiation of treatment. One patient died within one month of therapy. No patient was examined for BRAF V600E mutation analysis.

conclusionCD 10+ HCL was the most prevalent atypical immunophenotypic subgroup. Bone marrow biopsy and flow cytometry are crucial diagnostic tools to rule out hairy cell leukemia. However, BRAF V600E mutation analysis should be performed in cases with unusual presentation or resistance to treatment.

Indexed as

Atypical Immunophenotype.Bone marrowBRAF V600E mutationCladribineFlowcytometryHairy cell leukemia

Identifiers

PMID37538441
PMCPMC10396427
OpenAlexW4385564052

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.