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Leukemia, Hairy Cell

Medical Definition:	A neoplastic disease of the lymphoreticular cells which is considered to be a rare type of chronic leukemia; it is characterized by an insidious onset, splenomegaly, anemia, granulocytopenia, thrombocytopenia, little or no lymphadenopathy, and the presence of "hairy" or "flagellated" cells in the blood and bone marrow.
Guide Notes:	"hairy" refers to flagellated appearance of the lymphoreticular cells; since the dis is chronic, do not coord with CHRONIC DISEASE; do not use /blood supply /chem /second /secret /ultrastruct; consider also LEUKEMIA, T-CELL, HTLV-II-ASSOCIATED
Previously Indexed:	Leukemia (1966-1977),Reticuloendotheliosis (1966-1977),Spleen/pathology (1966-1977),Splenomegaly (1966-1977)

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