Regenerating blasts masquerading as relapse in a patient with ALL following G-CSF therapy

Ritesh Sachdev; Tushar Sahni; Smeeta Gajendra; Bhawna Jha; Shalini Goel; Pranav Dorwal

doi:10.5045/br.2015.50.1.54

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Published online March 31, 2015

https://doi.org/10.5045/br.2015.50.1.54

Regenerating blasts masquerading as relapse in a patient with ALL following G-CSF therapy

Ritesh Sachdev^*, Tushar Sahni, Smeeta Gajendra, Bhawna Jha, Shalini Goel, and Pranav Dorwal

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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, India.

Correspondence to : Ritesh Sachdev. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medanta-The Medicity, Sector-38, Gurgaon, Haryana 122 001, India. sachdev05@gmail.com

Received: July 18, 2014; Revised: August 5, 2014; Accepted: February 12, 2015

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Letter to the Editor

Blood Res 2015; 50(1): 54-55

Published online March 31, 2015 https://doi.org/10.5045/br.2015.50.1.54

Regenerating blasts masquerading as relapse in a patient with ALL following G-CSF therapy

Ritesh Sachdev^*, Tushar Sahni, Smeeta Gajendra, Bhawna Jha, Shalini Goel, and Pranav Dorwal

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, India.

Correspondence to: Ritesh Sachdev. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medanta-The Medicity, Sector-38, Gurgaon, Haryana 122 001, India. sachdev05@gmail.com

Received: July 18, 2014; Revised: August 5, 2014; Accepted: February 12, 2015

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(A) Diagnostic blasts with a high nucleocytoplasmic ratio and scant agranular cytoplasm (Giemsa stain, ×1,000). (B) Regenerating blasts are larger with moderate granular cytoplasm (Giemsa stain, ×1,000). (C-F) Immunophenotyping showing the regenerating blasts positive for CD45, CD34, CD13, and CD33 and negative for CD19 and CD10.

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