Table 2.
Case note diagnoses in patients with suspected LPD: 2004 audit
| Diagnosis | Number of patients with diagnosis | Diagnosis made on clinical features alone | Diagnosis made on fine-needle aspirate | Diagnosis made on biopsy | Diagnosis made on bone marrow aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HMS | 28 | 28 | |||
| NHL | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | |
| HL | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| LPD | 5 | 5a | |||
| CLL | 5 | 5 | |||
| Myeloma/plasmacytoma | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| All | 1 | 1 | |||
| Portal hypertension | 1 | 1 | |||
| Metastatic malignancy | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 63 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
HMS hyper-reactive malarial splenomegaly, NHL non-Hodgkin lymphoma, HL Hodgkin lymphoma, CLL chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, ALL acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
aOne had had a biopsy, but result was not available