A Patient Has a White Cell Count of 12

question 2

Multiple Choice

A patient has a white cell count of 12.6 × 10⁹/L,hematocrit of 28%,and platelet count of 27 × 10⁹/L.Examination of a Wright-stained blood film reveals that almost all of the white cells in peripheral blood are blasts;the bone marrow is hypercellular with very little fat and is packed with blasts.Flow cytometry is performed on the peripheral blood cells,and a large cluster of cells is present that mark with CD20 and have monoclonal k light chains present on their surface.This patient has

• A)myeloid leukemia.
• B)a mature B-cell malignancy.
• C)a reactive B-cell hyperplasia.
• D)a mature T-cell malignancy.

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