Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
New Approaches for a Common Disease
MBL Case: Bone Marrow Biopsy

October 2008
The bone marrow on the left hand side stained with Pax-5, a pan-B-cell antibody, shows a slightly increased number of scattered B-cells. On the right hand side, one can identify a rare small aggregate of Pax-5-positive B-cells. This case exemplifies a minimal disease burden that one can find with an early MBL.
It should be noted that this patient, after a couple years of follow-up, has shown no progression of disease.
Bone Marrow Biopsy |
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- Introduction
- Goals Today
- CLL, MBL, and SLL Overview
- CLL: Evolution of Diagnostic Criteria
- Chronic B-Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorders: Prototypic Immunophenotype
- CLL: Dim sIg, dim CD20, CD5+ & CD23+
- "Copycat": MCL with CD5+/partial CD23+
- "Copycat": LPL with CD5+/CD23-
- Diagnosis of MBL & SLL: IWCLL
- Diagnostic Criteria: CLL, MBL, and SLL
- Diagnostic Criteria: CLL, MBL, and SLL
- Identification of MBL
- How will MBL be Recognized in Routine Clinical Practice?
- How is MBL Recognized in Routine Clinical Practice?
- Diagnostic Criteria: MBL in Clinical Practice
- MBL: Prevalence and Progression
- MBL: Summary
- Familial CLL
- MBL Case: Clinical History
- MBL Case: Peripheral Blood Immunophenotype
- MBL Case: Bone Marrow Biopsy
- Diagnosis Diagram
- CLL and Minimal Residual Disease (MRD)
- CLL and Minimal Residual Disease (MRD)
- CLL and Minimal Residual Disease (MRD)
- CLL MRD Case: Clinical History
- CLL MRD Case: Clinical History
- CLL MRD Case: Bone Marrow Biopsy
- CLL MRD Case: Bone Marrow Biopsy
- CLL MRD Case: PB Flow
- CLL MRD Case: BM Flow
- Goals Today
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